February 20, 1866Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran. Pahlevi marches into Tehran with 2,500 soldiers and takes over the government. Five years later he is crowned Shah and places the crown upon his head with his own hands, as did Napoleon.

February 21, 1965Former Black Muslim leader El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X (Malcolm Little), is shot to death in front of 400 people inNew York by assassins identified as Black Muslims. He is murd