Today is the 52nd day of 2024 and the 63rd day of winter. T ODAY’S HISTORY: In 1842, John Greenough received the first U.S. patent for a sewing machine. In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto.” In 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. In 1972, Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit China while in office. …