On this day: February 21

POSTED: 09:46 PM PST Feb 20, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 20, 2013 

The Washington Monument is dedicated, Alka-Seltzer is sold for the first time, the peace symbol is born, Malcolm X is assassinated, and Nixon heads to China, all on this day.

OTD February 21 - Erma Bombeck
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1927: Humorist Erma Bombeck, who became famous for her newspaper column describing suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s, is born Erma Louise Fiste in Bellbrook, Ohio. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became bestsellers.

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