{"id":20725,"date":"2021-02-22T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T11:15:00","slug":"a-look-back-at-history-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/","title":{"rendered":"A look back at history | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n <\/p>\n

Sunday, February 21, 2021<\/h3>\n

Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2021. There are 313 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Highlight in History:<\/p>\n

On Feb. 21, 1965, minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem\u2019s Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam. (Three men were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled.)<\/p>\n

On this date:<\/p>\n

In 1862, Nathaniel Gordon became the first and only American slave-trader to be executed under the U.S. Piracy Law of 1820 as he was hanged in New York.<\/p>\n

In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated.<\/p>\n

In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting.<\/p>\n

In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kamikazes with the loss of 318 men.<\/p>\n

In 1964, the first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased by the Soviet Union arrived in the port of Odessa.<\/p>\n

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing.<\/p>\n

In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the 113 people on board.<\/p>\n

In 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1\/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up (each ended up serving a year and a-half).<\/p>\n

In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean by balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.<\/p>\n

In 2005, President George W. Bush, in Belgium for a NATO summit, scolded Russia for backsliding on democracy and urged Mideast allies to take difficult steps for peace.<\/p>\n

In 2010, a mistaken U.S. missile attack killed 23 civilians in Afghanistan. (Four American officers were later reprimanded.) The United States stunned Canada 5-3 to advance to the Olympic men\u2019s hockey quarterfinals in Vancouver. Bode (BOH\u2019-dee) Miller finally captured his elusive gold medal, winning the super-combined for his third medal in three events.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the Rev. Billy Graham, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died at his North Carolina home; he was 99. A week after the Florida school shooting, President Donald Trump met with teen survivors of school violence and parents of slain children; Trump promised to be \u201cvery strong on background checks\u201d and suggested he supported letting some teachers and other school employees carry weapons.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago: Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi\u2019s regime, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a major government building ablaze after clashes in the capital of Tripoli. Yemen\u2019s embattled leader, President Ali Abdullah Saleh (AH\u2019-lee ahb-DUH\u2019-luh sah-LEH\u2019), rejected demands that he step down, calling demonstrations against his regime unacceptable acts of provocation and offering to begin a dialogue with protesters.<\/p>\n

Five years ago: Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people. Pope Francis, speaking at the Vatican, urged Catholic leaders to show \u201cexemplary\u201d courage by not allowing executions \u201cin this Holy Year of Mercy.\u201d Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500, edging Martin Truex Jr. by inches at the finish line.<\/p>\n

One year ago: Health officials said at least 18 Americans who\u2019d returned home from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan were infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. to at least 35. Italy reported its first coronavirus death as the number of confirmed cases in Italy more than quadrupled. A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan took effect, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal the following week. Greyhound, the nation\u2019s largest bus company, said it would stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks. Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice in which employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts in order to meet sales goals.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays: Movie director Bob Rafelson is 88. Actor Gary Lockwood is 84. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 82. Actor Peter McEnery is 81. Film\/music company executive David Geffen is 78. Actor Tyne Daly is 75. Actor Anthony Daniels is 75. Tricia Nixon Cox is 75. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 74. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Heads) is 72. Actor Christine Ebersole is 68. Actor William Petersen is 68. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 66. Singer\/guitarist Larry Campbell is 66. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 63. Actor Kim Coates is 63. Actor Jack Coleman is 63. Actor Christopher Atkins is 60. Actor William Baldwin is 58. Rock musician Michael Ward is 54. Actor Aunjanue Ellis is 52. Blues musician Corey Harris is 52. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 51. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 51. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 48. Singer Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops) is 44. Actor Tituss Burgess is 42. Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt is 42. Comedian-actor Jordan Peele is 42. Actor Brendan Sexton III is 41. Singer Charlotte Church is 35. Actor Ashley Greene is 34. Actor Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page) is 34. Actor Corbin Bleu is 32. Actor Hayley Orrantia is 27. Actor Sophie Turner is 25.<\/p>\n

Monday, February 22, 2021<\/h3>\n

Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2021. There are 312 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Highlight in History:<\/p>\n

On Feb. 22, 1980, the \u201cMiracle on Ice\u201d took place in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)<\/p>\n

On this date:<\/p>\n

In 1732 (New Style date), the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony.<\/p>\n

In 1889, President Grover Cleveland signed an enabling act paving the way for the Dakotas, Montana and Washington to become states.<\/p>\n

In 1959, the inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.<\/p>\n

In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later returned.)<\/p>\n

In 1984, David Vetter, a 12-year-old Texas boy who\u2019d spent most of his life in a plastic bubble because he had no immunity to disease, died 15 days after being removed from the bubble for a bone-marrow transplant.<\/p>\n

In 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58.<\/p>\n

In 1997, scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named \u201cDolly.\u201d (Dolly, however, was later put down after a short life marred by premature aging and disease.)<\/p>\n

In 2004, consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced he was running again for president, this time as an independent.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II would not attend the civil marriage ceremony of her son Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles \u2014 but that her absence should not be interpreted as a snub.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO\u2019-lah ZAH\u2019-zee), accused of buying beauty supplies to make bombs for an attack on New York City subways, pleaded guilty to charges including conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. (Zazi faced up to life in prison but spent nearly a decade after his arrest helping the U.S. identify and prosecute terrorists; he was given a 10-year sentence followed by supervised release.)<\/p>\n

In 2017, the Trump administration lifted federal guidelines that said transgender students should be allowed to use public school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity.<\/p>\n

In 2019, a California couple pleaded guilty to torture and years of abuse that included shackling some of their 13 children to beds and starving them. (The couple would be sentenced to up to life in prison.) Producers of the Fox TV show \u201cEmpire\u201d announced that actor Jussie Smollett\u2019s character would be removed from the final two episodes of the season after his arrest on charges that he staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago: A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his \u201clast drop of blood\u201d and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime. A magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 184 people. Somali pirates shot to death four Americans taken hostage on their yacht several hundred miles south of Oman. Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Five years ago: President Barack Obama sent lawmakers an official $1.9 billion request to combat the spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the U.S. (Congress passed a $1.1 billion package in Sept. 2016.) The City Council of Charlotte, North Carolina, voted 7-4 to pass a new law allowing transgender people to choose public bathrooms that corresponded to their gender identity. Country singer Sonny James, 87, died in Nashville. British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, 103, died in London. The Lady Vols\u2019 streak of 565 consecutive weeks in The Associated Press women\u2019s basketball poll ended as Tennessee fell out of the Top 25.<\/p>\n

One year ago: A dozen towns in northern Italy effectively went into lockdown after the deaths of two people infected with the coronavirus. South Korea reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections, with more than 400 cases mostly linked to a church and a hospital. Bernie Sanders scored a resounding win in Nevada\u2019s presidential caucuses, cementing his status as the Democrats\u2019 front-runner. Self-styled daredevil Mike Hughes, 64, died after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground near Barstow, California; he had said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round. Barbara Smith, known as \u201cB.\u201d Smith, a top Black model who went on to open restaurants and launch a home products line, died at the age of 70 at her suburban New York home after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. British boxer Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder in their rematch in Las Vegas to win the heavyweight title for a second time.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays: Actor Paul Dooley is 93. Actor James Hong is 92. Actor John Ashton is 73. Actor Miou-Miou is 71. Actor Julie Walters is 71. Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving is 71. Actor Ellen Greene is 70. Former Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is 69. Former White House adviser David Axelrod is 66. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 62. World Golf Hall of Famer Vijay Singh is 58. Actor-comedian Rachel Dratch is 55. Actor Paul Lieberstein is 54. Actor Jeri Ryan is 53. Actor Thomas Jane is 52. TV host Clinton Kelly is 52. Actor Tamara Mello is 51. Actor-singer Lea Salonga (LAY\u2019-uh suh-LONG\u2019-guh) is 50. Actor Jose Solano is 50. International Tennis Hall of Famer Michael Chang is 49. Rock musician Scott Phillips is 48. Singer James Blunt is 47. Actor Drew Barrymore is 46. Actor Liza Huber is 46. Rock singer Tom Higgenson (Plain White T\u2019s) is 42. Rock musician Joe Hottinger (Halestorm) is 39. Actor Zach Roerig is 36. Actor Daniel E. Smith is 31.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Credit: Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday, February 21, 2021 Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2021. There are 313 days left in the year. Today\u2019s Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1965, minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem\u2019s Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA look back at history | Local News - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A look back at history | Local News - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sunday, February 21, 2021 Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2021. There are 313 days left in the year. Today\u2019s Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1965, minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem\u2019s Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/World-Catholic-News-109605280463871\/?modal=admin_todo_tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-22T11:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7df4c69a-731a-11e8-8711-438bdf0897b1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Worldcatholicn1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Worldcatholicn1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"9 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7df4c69a-731a-11e8-8711-438bdf0897b1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/\",\"name\":\"A look back at history | Local News - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-22T11:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-22T11:15:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/491272a1cdc8eb55245d48e5044377c8\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/a-look-back-at-history-local-news\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/491272a1cdc8eb55245d48e5044377c8\",\"name\":\"NEWS DESK\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f27f47f91f7d6f43179d283d82de5681?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"NEWS DESK\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}