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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’
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
DC’s other presidential home that’s open to the public
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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
Today in History: February 6, Queen Elizabeth II takes throne after death of father King George VI
Today in History: February 5, Senate acquits Donald Trump in first impeachment
Today in History: February 4, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin begin World War II Yalta conference
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