{"id":25598,"date":"2016-02-19T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25598"},"modified":"2016-02-19T10:07:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T16:07:17","slug":"today-in-history-163","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25598","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Friday, February\u00a0 19, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans
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1473<\/td>\nThe astronomer Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1878<\/td>\nThomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/td>\nKansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nSome 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima and began a month-long battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nAn agreement was signed by Britain, Turkey and Greece granting Cyprus its independence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\n“The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan was published.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nDeng Xiaoping, the last of China’s major Communist revolutionaries, died in Beijing at age 92.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2004<\/td>\nFormer Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling was charged with fraud, insider trading and other crimes in connection with the energy trader’s collapse.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nNew Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions to gay couples.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nAn ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly a half-century in power.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nGolfer Tiger Woods admitted infidelity and acknowledged receiving therapy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe FBI concluded that Army scientist Bruce Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people, and formally closed the case.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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R&B singer, songwriter Smokey Robinson turns 76 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Tony Iommi<\/td>\nRock musician (Black Sabbath)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Tan<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Daniels<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ray Winstone<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roger Goodell<\/td>\nNFL commissioner<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hana Mandlikova<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seal<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justine Bateman<\/td>\nActress (“Family Ties”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benicio Del Toro<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haylie Duff<\/td>\nSinger, actress (“7th Heaven”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Britain’s Prince Andrew turns 56 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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