THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 21
February 21 in history
What happened on February 21: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1916 and 1972, each linked to the map that shows it.
The German assault on Verdun opens. The battle will last three hundred days and consume some 700,000 casualties.
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— Nixon’s visit to China
21 Feb 1972 — Richard Nixon meets Mao in his study for about an hour, only hours after landing in Beijing. Mao is ill, but jokes that he “voted for” Nixon. The week’s banquets and visit to the Great Wall are broadcast live on American television. The enemy of 1950 had become a partner against the Soviet Union.
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