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Today in History: Thursday, February  25, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1948, Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia. AP Photo On this date…

Today in History: Wednesday, February  24, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 24, 1803, the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison ruled itself the…

Today in History: Tuesday, February  23, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi and raised…

Today in History: Monday, February  22, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington, the first president of the United States, was…

Today in History: Friday, February  19, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the…

Today in History: Thursday, February  18, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate…

Today in History: Wednesday, February  17, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 17, 1801, the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas…

Today in History: Tuesday, February  16, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month after the…

Today in History: Monday, February  15, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 15, 1820, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Mass.…

Today in History: Friday, February  12, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was…