Calendar for February 21st, 2010

1878: First telephone book issued

1885: The Washington Monument was dedicated by President Arthur in Washington, D.C. It took 102 years to complete, beginning in 1783 when Congress proposed it. It was the largest man-made structure in the world at the time

Born 1907: W.H. Auden (poet)

1925: First issue of The New Yorker published

Born 1946: Alan Rickman (actor)

Born 1953: William Petersen (actor)

Died 1965: Malcolm X assassinated in NYC

1972: President Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit a country not diplomatically recognized by the U.S. when he visited China

Born 1979: Jennifer Love Hewitt (actress)

Born 1989: Corbin Bleu (actor)

Died 2004: Bart Howard (songwriter known for writing Fly Me to the Moon)

Died 2004: President George W. Bush's dog, Spotty, died at the age of 15. She was born in 1989 in the White House. Her mother was Millie, the well-known dog of Bush's parents, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara. She is believed to be the only pet to live in the White House twice