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Feb 21, A report claimed that the use of defoliants by the U.S. had scarred Vietnam for century. Defoliation was meant to save lives by denying the enemy cover.
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Feb 21, Dame Margot Fonteyn (b.1919), ballerina (1st lady of British Ballet), died in Panama City, Fl. In 2004 Meredith Daneman authored “Margot Fonteyn: A Life.
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Feb 21, Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the gold medal in women's figure skating at the Albertville Olympics; Midori Ito of Japan won the silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the United States the bronze.
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Feb 21, Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr reversed his decision to quit and said he would complete the investigation.
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Feb 21, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan began formal talks with Iraqi officials in the standoff over weapons inspections.
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Feb 21, Julian Bond was elected chairman of the 64-member board of the NAACP.
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Feb 21, In Pakistan two Iranian engineers were killed in “sectarian violence.
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Feb 21, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reported little progress toward a Kosovo peace settlement during talks in Rambouillet, France.
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Feb 21, A US CH-47E Chinook helicopter with 10 soldiers crashed into the Mindanao Sea in the Philippines. 3 bodies were found by local fishermen.
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Feb 21, The International Red Cross visited former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was in U.S. custody.