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Today in History: Friday, February\u00a0 03, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Feb. 3, 2009, Eric Holder was sworn in as attorney general, becoming the first African-American to hold the post.
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1809<\/td>\nThe territory of Illinois was created.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1913<\/td>\nThe 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1917<\/td>\nThe United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nWoodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 67.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nRock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1971<\/td>\nApollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell landed on the lunar surface during the third successful manned mission to the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nThe U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Ronald Reagan’s request for more than $36 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nThe space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot’s seat for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nTexas executed Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax killings of two people in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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2006<\/td>\nAn Egyptian passenger ferry sank in the Red Sea during bad weather, killing more than 1,000 passengers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nTens of thousands of protesters staged unprecedented demonstrations against Yemen’s autocratic president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key U.S. ally in battling Islamic militants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nFederal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates had participated in a doping program.<\/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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Actress Blythe Danner turns 74 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Fran Tarkenton<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bob Griese<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dave Davies<\/td>\nRock musician (The Kinks)<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melanie<\/td>\nFolk singer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan Fairchild<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Lane<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michele Greene<\/td>\nActress (“L.A. Law”)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maura Tierney<\/td>\nActress (“ER,” “Newsradio”)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daddy Yankee<\/td>\nReggaeton singer<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Rebel Wilson turns 31 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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