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Today in History: Wednesday, February\u00a0 15, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Feb. 15, 1820, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Mass.
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1564<\/td>\nItalian astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1764<\/td>\nThe city of St. Louis was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nThe U.S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the U.S. closer to war with Spain over the issue of Cuban independence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1933<\/td>\nPresident-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that claimed the life of Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nA funeral was held at Windsor Castle for Britain’s King George VI, who had died nine days earlier.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nCanada’s new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nBritain and Ireland “decimalised” their currencies, making one pound equal to 100 new pence instead of 240 pence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nThe Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan after more than nine years of military intervention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nCanadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were awarded a gold medal to resolve a judging controversy at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nDefrocked priest Paul Shanley was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in prison on child rape charges.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nBusiness tycoon Steve Fossett, 63, was declared dead five months after his small plane vanished over California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. (His remains were discovered later in the year.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nProtesters swarmed Wisconsin’s capitol after Gov. Scott Walker proposed cutbacks in benefits and bargaining rights for public employees.<\/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 Amber Riley (“Glee”) turns 31 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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John Anderson<\/td>\nFormer Illinois congressman<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Holland<\/td>\nSongwriter<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melissa Manchester<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Seymour<\/td>\nActress (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”)<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Groening<\/td>\nCartoonist (“The Simpsons”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darrell Green<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dallas Stars right wing Jaromir Jagr turns 45 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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