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Today in History: February 27, American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee

Today in History: February 26, World Trade Center bombed in 1993

Today in History: February 25, Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for first world title

Today in History: February 24, Soviet sub torpedoes ship, kills nearly 800 Jewish refugees

Today in History: February 23, Mississippi grand jury declines new charges in Emmett Till killing

Today in History: February 22, US hockey team beats USSR in ‘Miracle on Ice’

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Today in History: February 21, Malcolm X shot and killed at age 39

Today in History: February 20, John Glenn becomes first American to orbit the Earth

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Today in History: February 19, Franklin Roosevelt paves way for internment of Japanese

Today in History: February 18, Dale Earnhardt dies at Daytona 500

Flashback to early ‘personal mobility’ device — the snowmobile

Today in History: February 17, House elects Thomas Jefferson president over Aaron Burr

Today in History: February 16, Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba

Today in History: February 15, Singer Nat King Cole dies at 45

‘Nah, I’m good’: Anti-Valentine’s Day options abound

Today in History: February 14, Aretha Franklin records ‘Respect’

Today in History: February 13, Bruno Richard Hauptmann found guilty of killing the Lindbergh baby

Today in History: February 12, composer and pianist Eubie Blake dies at 96

Today in History: February 11, Nelson Mandela freed after 27 years

Today in History: February 10, Chess champion Kasparov loses to IBM computer Deep Blue

Today in History: February 8, Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded

Washington Caps to Virginia Squires: The last time a basketball team moved from DC to Virginia

Today in History: February 7, The Beatles arrive for first US tour