Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2007. There are 313 days left in the year. On this date in 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X, 39, is shot to death in New York by assassins

Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2007. There are 313 days left in the year. On this date in 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X, 39, is shot to death in New York by assassins identified as Black Muslims.
In 1885, the Washington Monument is dedicated. In 1907, Anglo-American poet W.H. Auden is born in York, England. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun begins in France. In 1925, The New Yorker magazine makes its debut. In 1947, Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrates his Polaroid Land camera, which could produce a black-and-white photograph in 60 seconds. In 1972, President Nixon begins his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrive in Shanghai. In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people. In 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman are sentenced to 21/2 to eight years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up. In 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2000, consumer advocate Ralph Nader announces his entry into the presidential race, bidding for the nomination of the Green Party.
February 21, 1982: The Ohio Rail Transportation Authority and the General Assembly are in agreement that the Warren-Ashtabula corridor should be the site of a test track for a proposed high-speed passenger train track.
The Rev. Robert O. Kantner, senior minister of Champion Presbyterian Church, and four Youngstown-area school organizations are among the winners of 1981 Freedom Foundation National Awards for outstanding contributions of a broadly defined patriotic nature.
A proposed 10 million federal courthouse proposed for Youngstown would be an ideal anchor for the west end of the Federal Plaza and could spur redevelopment, says Mayor George Vukovich.
February 21, 1967: Warren P. Williamson, 67, a member of the Youngstown Board of Education for 27 years and president for 17 years, resigns from the board. Williamson, president and general manager of WKBN Broadcasting Corp., said he expects to be out of town for extended periods and also wishes to have more time with his family.
Youngstown and Cleveland FBI agents raid the Boardman home of Youngstown area gambling figure Nello Ronci, confiscating gambling equipment and charging him with interstate transportation of gambling equipment between Youngstown and Buffalo, N.Y.
Damage is estimated at 20,000 to a crane owned by Soda and Luscher Co. of Niles that was dynamited at the site of a state Route 11 overpass under construction near raccoon road.
February 21, 1957: The Federal Communications Commission authorizes WKST-TV, holder of the original Channel 45 in New Castle, to extend its operations into the Youngstown area. The FCC denies a request from the Jet Broadcasting Co., operator of WHOT radio, to operate a TV station in Youngstown.
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan issues a & quot;shoot to kill & quot; order to Youngstown police as he discusses a plan to stop the increasing number of burglaries, strong arm robberies, stickups and purse snatching.
President Eisenhower says the future of the United Nations is at stake if the world body does not exert the pressure necessary to get Israeli troops out of the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba.
February 21, 1932: President Hoover announces that he will enter the Ohio primary election, the opening move in his campaign for re-election.
Ben L. Agler, president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, is selected as chairman of a committee promoting the sale of U.S. Treasury certificates in Youngstown in an effort to bring hoarded money out of hiding.
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel Corp., celebrates his 70th birthday by announcing that he was resigning all but three of his many directorates.