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TODAY'S NEWS:
- Whitney Houston, who once reigned as pop music's queen, dies at the Beverly Hilton at age 48, as officials continue to investigate a cause of death.
- Romney wins Maine caucus contest, edging out Paul on the same day he won key conservative straw poll
- Head of Al Qaeda calls on Muslims across world to help Syrian rebels, saying they can't rely on West
- Former Bachmann Spokeswoman Joins Santorum Team
- Arab League Considers Revival of Syrian Mission
- Texas man admits to embellishing combat tour, as charity he worked for is reportedly more than $200G in debt
- Obama's birth control shift won't quell storm
- Girl hears Italian soccer legend, wakes from coma
- Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan
- Dad, son held in Africa after rapper skips concert duty
- Friends, family mourn deaths of Powell boys at funeral
- Texas judge resigns after caught snoozing
- Iran: Expect major nuke announcement soon
- Iran to make nuke announcement
- Libya asks Niger to hand over Qaddafi's son
- Battle of the billionaires as Super PACs weigh in
- Hacker claims porn site users compromised
- University is depicted as diploma mill for foreigners
- Facebook post appears on missing girl's page
- Fight breaks out during Arizona Baptist funeral
- Dental records match California serial killer's victim
- Obama budget to aim at trade practices
- Obama pitches new spending, old tax ideas in plan
- Man reportedly attacks NY state senator at casino
TODAY IN HISTORY:
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.
- 1663 - Cotton Mather, Scion of a Noble Heritage was born
- 1733 - Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site of Savannah.
- 1789 -
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
- Ethan Allen dies.
- 1793- Congress enacts first fugitive slave law.
- 1809 - President Abraham Lincoln was born
- 1818 - Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
- 1828 -
CIVIL WAR
- Rebel General Robert Ransom is born.
- 1834 - Schleiermacher, a cofounder of the University of Berlin, died.
- 1865 - Ex-slave Henry Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War.
- 1870 - The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
- 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
- 1912 - Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
- 1915 - Actor Lorne Greene is born.
- 1915 -
WWI
- British planes raid Belgian coast.
- 1917 - American schooner Lyman M. Law is sunk.
- 1924 - Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time.
- 1934 - Basketball great Bill Russell born.
- 1938 - Judy Blume, popular young-adult author, is born.
- 1941 -
WWII
- Rommel in Africa.
- 1972 -
VIETNAM WAR
- Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat.
- 1973 - The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
- 1976 - Actor Sal Mineo is killed in Hollywood.
- 1986 - Scharansky released.
- 1988 - Russian ships bump U.S. destroyer and cruiser.
- 1999 - The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
- 2002 - Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
- 2002 - Iranian jet slams into mountain.
- 2008 - GM reports record loss, offers buyouts to 74,000 workers.
- 2008 - Writers’ strike ends after 100 days.
- 2010 - The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run
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