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.
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1979: Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, who rose to fame on the 1990s TV drama "Party of Five," is born in Waco, Texas. Hewitt has also starred in the TV show "Ghost Whisperer" and in movies such as "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Can't Hardly Wait," "Heartbreakers" and "Garfield: The Movie."
