📅 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21: TODAY IN HISTORY & NEWS SUMMARY
🌍 This Day in History: Global Highlights
1848 (Germany/UK): Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" in London. It remains one of the world's most influential political manuscripts, forever altering global political and economic thought.
1916 (France): The Battle of Verdun begins during WWI. It would become one of the longest and costliest battles in human history, lasting 302 days and resulting in an estimated 700,000 casualties.
1952 (Bangladesh): Police in Dhaka fire on students protesting for the recognition of Bengali as an official language of Pakistan. This event is now commemorated globally as International Mother Language Day.
1958 (UK): The Peace Symbol (the CND symbol) is completed by designer Gerald Holtom. Originally created for the nuclear disarmament movement, it has become a universal icon for peace.
1965 (USA): Civil rights leader Malcolm X is assassinated while addressing the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City, a turning point in the global struggle for racial justice.
1972 (China): President Richard Nixon arrives in Beijing for a week-long visit, a historic "trip that changed the world" by reopening diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Biggest Political Story
Yesterday: PM Mark Carney’s government celebrated a massive legal victory as the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump’s "emergency" tariffs on Canadian goods.
Expected Today: Focus turns to the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony and a high-stakes trade mission to India, as Canada looks to diversify trade partners following the U.S. court ruling.
🇺🇸 U.S. Biggest Political Story
Current: President Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court after it ruled 6-3 that he overstepped his authority with sweeping import tariffs. The administration now faces the chaotic task of potentially refunding $200 billion to importers.
🌐 Global Impact: Yesterday’s Legacy
February 20, 2026, will be remembered for the "The Great Tariff Reversal," a landmark legal decision that checked executive trade power in the U.S. and provided a massive sigh of relief for global markets and North American trade stability.
📜 Quotation of the Day
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." — Malcolm X (Died this day, 1965)
🏙️ Ottawa, ON Weather & Sky
☀️ Sunrise: 6:58 AM
🌇 Sunset: 5:37 PM
🌒 Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent (8% illumination; a growing sliver will be visible in the evening sky)
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