In a February 21but from 1934, the leader of the resistance against the American army in Nicaragua, Augusto Cesar Sandinois murdered by order of the head of the National Guard, Anastasio Somoza.
1848.- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto, a political and economic document of great influence on the revolutionary movement.
1901.- The most popular scientist of the 20th century for his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, obtains Swiss citizenship, a few years after renouncing his German nationality.
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1915.- The San Francisco Universal Exhibition (USA) opens, an exhibition that celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal.
1916.- The Battle of Verdun begins, the largest and longest battle of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies.
1919.- Kurt Eisner, prime minister of the Republic of Bavaria (Germany) after organizing the revolution that overthrew the monarchy, is assassinated.
1947.- American inventor Edwin H. Land presents the first instant camera, the Polaroid.
1956.- The American singer Elvis Presley enters for the first time at number one on the best-selling album lists with the song ‘Heartbreak Hotel’.
1972.- US President Richard Nixon and Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung meet in Beijing during the Cold War.
1980.- The Japanese company HAL Laboratory is formed, specialized in the creation of video games for Nintendo platforms.
1995.- The US Supreme Court confirms that the Windows operating system (Microsoft) did not replicate the graphical interface of the Macintosh (Apple).
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2022.- Russia recognizes the independence of the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk.
1817.- José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright.
1861.- Torcuato Luca de Tena, Spanish journalist, founder of the newspaper ABC.
1893.- Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist.
1903.- Anaïs Nin, French-American writer.
– Raymond Queneau, French writer.
1907.- WH Auden, British poet.
1925.- Sam Peckinpah, American filmmaker.
1928.- Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician.
1929.- Arturo Fernández, Spanish actor.
1933.- Nina Simone, American singer and pianist.
1942.- Margarethe von Trotta, German actress and filmmaker.
1949.- Jerry Harrison, American musician, keyboardist and guitarist of Talking Heads.
1952.- Jean-Jacques Burnel, French-English musician, bassist of The Stranglers.
1959.- José María Cano, Spanish musician.
1969.- James Dean Bradfield, British musician, singer and guitarist of Manic Street Preachers.
1980.- Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer.
1983.- Mélanie Laurent, French actress, model, director, singer and writer.
1987.- Ashley Greene, American actress and model, known for her role in the Twilight saga.
1994 .- Son Seung-wan, known as Wendy, South Korean singer, member of the group Red Velvet.
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1996.- Sophie Turner, British actress.
1677.- Baruch Spinosa, Dutch philosopher of Spanish-Portuguese Sephardic origin.
1911.- Isidro Nonell, Spanish modernist painter.
1924.- Mateo Inurria, Spanish sculptor.
1934.- Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan general and national hero.
1960.- Jacques Becker, French filmmaker.
1965.- Malcolm X, African American activist.
1984.- Mijail Sholojov, Soviet writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1965.
2005.- Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer.
2008.- Robin Moore, American writer.
2011.- Odón Alonso, Spanish conductor.
2013.- Cleotha Staples, American singer, member of the soul group The Staple Singers.
2019.- Stanley Donen, American film director.
2022.- Miguel Gallardo, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, creator of the character Makoki.
