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Today in History: Wednesday, February\u00a0 01, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven crew members.
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1861<\/td>\nTexas voted to secede from the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/td>\n“The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1896<\/td>\nPuccini’s opera “La Boheme” premiered in Turin, Italy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/td>\nThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1946<\/td>\nNorwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nFour black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they’d been refused service.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nDuring the Vietnam War, Saigon’s police chief, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1979<\/td>\nAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>\n“Late Night with David Letterman” premiered on NBC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nFormer White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a videotaped deposition for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nSinger Janet Jackson’s breast was briefly exposed during the Super Bowl halftime show.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nThe Pittsburgh Steelers won their record sixth Super Bowl with a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term but rejected protesters’ demands he step down immediately.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Highlights of This Day in History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor (“Dexter”) turns 46 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bob Shane<\/td>\nSinger (The Kingston Trio)<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don Everly<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garrett Morris<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joy Philbin<\/td>\nTV personality<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terry Jones<\/td>\nActor, writer (Monty Python)<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Enzi<\/td>\nU.S. senator, R-Wyo.<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Mumy<\/td>\nActor, writer (“Lost in Space”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linus Roache<\/td>\nActor (“Law and Order”)<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Princess Stephanie<\/td>\nMember of Monaco’s royal family<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherilyn Fenn<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Marie Presley<\/td>\nRock singer, daughter of Elvis Presley<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pauly Shore<\/td>\nActor, comedian<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Boi<\/td>\nRapper (Outkast)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lauren Conrad<\/td>\nReality TV personality (“The Hills”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harry Styles<\/td>\nSinger (One Direction)<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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