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Today is the 53rd day of 2013 and the 64th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1819, Spain signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, ceding Florida to the United States and redefining the boundary between U.S. and Spanish territories from Louisiana to the Pacific Ocean.

In 1935, new regulations outlawed aircraft flying over the White House.

In 1993, the U.N. Security Council approved the creation of a war crimes tribunal to address atrocities committed during the former Yugoslavia's civil war.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: George Washington (1732-1799), soldier/first U.S. president; Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), philosopher; Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), poet; Edward "Ted" Kennedy (1932-2009), U.S. senator; Julius Erving (1950- ), basketball player; Steve Irwin (1962-2005), TV personality; James Blunt (1974- ), singer; Drew Barrymore (1975- ), actress; Rajon Rondo (1986- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, N.Y., a victory popularly known as the "Miracle on Ice."

TODAY'S FACT: Like Mozart, Chopin was considered a musical prodigy in childhood. By age 7 he had composed two simple marches.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." -- Arthur Schopenhauer

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,836,529 -- population of Kosovo as of mid-2012. The former Serbian republic unilaterally declared independence Feb. 17, 2008.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).

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Today is the 52nd day of 2013 and the 63rd day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published "The Communist Manifesto."

In 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published.

In 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City.

In 1972, Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit China while in office.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Leo Delibes (1836-1891), composer; Anais Nin (1903-1977), writer; Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), film director; Erma Bombeck (1927-1996), humorist; Alan Rickman (1946- ), actor; William Petersen (1953- ), actor; Kelsey Grammer (1955- ), actor; Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979- ), actress; Ellen Page (1987- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1948, race car driver Bill France and various members of the auto racing community formed the National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR).

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If you have no critics, you'll likely have no success." -- Malcolm X

TODAY'S FACT: Chemnitz, East Germany, changed its name to Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1953. After East and West Germany reunited in 1990, the name was changed back following a referendum.

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1 -- presidents since Richard Nixon who have not visited China. Jimmy Carter normalized relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979 but never made an official visit to the country.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).

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Today is the 51st day of 2013 and the 62nd day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1839, Congress passed legislation prohibiting dueling in the District of Columbia.

In 1962, astronaut John Glenn made three orbits of the Earth aboard the Mercury program's Friendship 7 spacecraft.

In 1986, the Soviet Union launched the core module of the Mir space station.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Ansel Adams (1902-1984), photographer; Sidney Poitier (1927- ), actor; Charles Barkley (1963- ), basketball player/broadcaster; Cindy Crawford (1966- ), fashion model; Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), musician; Justin Verlander (1983- ), baseball player; Rihanna (1988- ), singer.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1998, 15-year-old Tara Lipinski became the youngest woman in history to win a figure skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan.

TODAY'S FACT: More NASA astronauts (24 men and women, as of 2013) are from Ohio than any other state.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." -- Ansel Adams

TODAY'S NUMBER: 10,506 -- duration (in hours) of the longest single human spaceflight, by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov from January 1994 to March 1995. Polyakov spent 437 days aboard the Mir space station.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).