Today In History
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2023. There are 313 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY
On Feb. 21, 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 1 1/2 years).
ON THIS DATE
› 1437: James I, King of Scots, was assassinated; his 6-year-old son succeeded him as James II.
› 1885: The Washington Monument was dedicated.
› 1964: The first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased by the Soviet Union arrived in the port of Odessa.
› 1965: Minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York. (Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled. The convictions of two of the men were dismissed in November 2021; prosecutors said new evidence had undermined the case against them.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Gary Lockwood is 86. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 84. Actor Peter McEnery is
83. Film/music company executive David Geffen is
80. Actor Tyne Daly is 77. Actor Anthony Daniels is 77. Tricia Nixon Cox is
77. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is
76. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) is 74. Actor Christine Ebersole is 70. Singer/guitarist Larry Campbell is
68. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 65. Actor Kim Coates is 65. Actor Jack Coleman is 65. Actor Christopher Atkins is 62. Actor William Baldwin is 60. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is 59. Rock musician Michael Ward is 56. Actor Aunjanue Ellis is 54. Blues musician Corey Harris is 54. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 53. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 53. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 50. Singer Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops) is
46. Actor Tituss Burgess is 44. Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt is 44. Comedian-actor Jordan Peele is 44. Singer Charlotte Church is 37. Actor Ashley Greene is 36. Actor Elliot Page is 36. Actor Corbin Bleu is 34. Actor Hayley Orrantia is 29. Actor Sophie Turner is 27.