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Today in History: Tuesday, February\u00a0 16, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Feb. 16, 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
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1804<\/td>\nLt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1868<\/td>\nThe Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1918<\/td>\nLithuania proclaimed its independence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nThe burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/td>\nWallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nAmerican troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nNBC-TV aired the first nightly newscast, “The Camel Newsreel Theatre,” which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nThe nation’s first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nThe Kyoto global warming pact, which the U.S. never ratified, went into effect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nThe NHL canceled what was left of its season after a round of last-gasp negotiations failed to resolve differences over a salary cap.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nBookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nA federal judge in Detroit ordered life in prison for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who’d tried to blow up a packed Northwest jetliner with a bomb concealed in his underwear.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor-rapper Ice-T (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) turns 58 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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James Ingram<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LeVar Burton<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John McEnroe<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Taylor<\/td>\nRock musician (Duran Duran)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah Clarke<\/td>\nActress (“Twilight,” “24”)<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”) turns 27 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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