Malcolm X's House Was Firebombed On Valentine's Day 1965 On February 14, 1965—Valentine's Day—Malcolm X's home in East Elmhurst, Queens was firebombed at 2:35 AM while his family slept inside. Three Molotov cocktails crashed through the windows as Malcolm X, his wife Betty Shabazz, and their four daughters (ages six, four, two, and six months) were asleep. According to Malcolm's own account in his Detroit speech hours later, it was 20 degrees outside and they escaped in their pajamas with no tim