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Today in History The Associated Press
• Today is Wednesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2014. There are 315 days left in the year. • • Today's Highlight in History: • On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, clearing the way for the U.S. military to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans during World War II. • • On this date: • In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. • In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio's borders and constitution. • In 1864, the Order of the Knights of Pythias, an international, non-sectarian fraternal organization, was founded in Washington, D.C. • In 1881, Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. • In 1934, a blizzard began inundating the northeastern United States, with the heaviest snowfall occurring in Connecticut and Massachusetts. • In 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 U.S. Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they began a successful month-long battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces. • In 1959, an agreement was signed by Britain, Turkey and Greece granting Cyprus its independence. • In 1964, the French movie musical "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" premiered in France. • In 1976, calling the issuing of Executive Order 9066 "a sad day in American history," President Gerald R. Ford issued a proclamation confirming that the order had been terminated with the formal cessation of hostilities of World War II. • In 1984, the Winter Olympics closed in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. • In 1997, Deng Xiaoping, the last of China's major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92. • In 2008, an ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly a half-century in power; his brother Raul was later named to succeed him. • • Ten years ago: Former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling was brought (Continued on page 40)
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