On This Day in History February 21, 2023

Historical Events 1173  Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury 1613  Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov 1804  1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for the 1st time, along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales 1916  World War I: Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, leads to an estimated 1 million casualties and becomes the longest battle of the entire war (9 months) 1922  Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state 1972  Richard Nixon becomes the first US President to visit China, normalizing relations between the countries in a meeting with Chinese leader Mao Zedongin Beijing More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Elliot Page 36th Birthday John Lewis 1940 - 2020 Kelsey Grammer 68th Birthday Nina Simone 1933 - 2003 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Anne Frank 1929 - 1945 Frederick Banting 1891 - 1941 More Famous Deaths