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Today is the 59th day of 2013 and the 70th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1954, Cambridge University scientists James Watson and Francis Crick announced that they had identified the double-helix structure of DNA.

In 1983, 60.2 percent of U.S. TV-owning households watched the final episode of the TV series "M*A*S*H."

In 1993, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986), film director; Milton Caniff (1907-1988), cartoonist; Frank Gehry (1929- ), architect; Mario Andretti (1940- ), racecar driver; Bernadette Peters (1948- ), actress; Paul Krugman (1953- ), columnist/Nobel laureate; John Turturro (1957- ), actor; Robert Sean Leonard (1969- ), actor; Pat Monahan (1969- ), singer; Eric Lindros (1973- ), hockey player.

TODAY'S FACT: The 2 1/2-hour series finale of "M*A*S*H" remains the highest-rated single TV show in history, with a 77 percent share of the Nielsen ratings during its original airing.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1967, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers missed a shot for the first time in four games, ending his NBA-record streak of consecutive field goals at 35.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness." -- Frank Gehry

TODAY'S NUMBER: 51 -- days that the 1993 Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Texas, lasted.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Feb. 25) and last quarter moon (March 4).

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Today is the 58th day of 2013 and the 69th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1827, a group of costumed students paraded down the streets of New Orleans in celebration of Mardi Gras, creating the city's trademark festival.

In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting presidents to two terms.

In 1973, roughly 200 Native-American activists and members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, beginning a standoff with federal marshals that lasted until May 8.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), poet; Hugo Black (1886-1971), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Marian Anderson (1897-1993), singer; John Steinbeck (1902-1968), writer; Joanne Woodward (1930- ), actress; Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), actress; Ralph Nader (1934- ), consumer activist; James Worthy (1961- ), basketball player; Tony Gonzalez (1976- ), football player; Josh Groban (1981- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1939, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution when it barred African-American singer Marian Anderson from performing at Constitution Hall. Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial instead.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1992, 16-year-old Tiger Woods competed in the Nissan Los Angeles Open, becoming the youngest participant in a PGA event in more than 30 years.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself." -- John Steinbeck

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,242 -- career NFL receptions by tight end Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons. Gonzalez is second on the all-time list, behind Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice (1,549).

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Feb. 25) and last quarter moon (March 4).

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Today is the 57th day of 2013 and the 68th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba and began his return journey to France.

In 1935, Adolf Hitler secretly commissioned a new German air force, the Luftwaffe, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1987, the Tower Commission released its report on the Iran-Contra affair, rebuking President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.

In 1993, a truck bomb exploded in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Victor Hugo (1802-1885), writer; Levi Strauss (1829-1902), tailor/inventor; William "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917), frontiersman/showman; Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor/comedian; Fats Domino (1928- ), musician; Robert Novak (1931-2009), columnist; Johnny Cash (1932-2003), musician; Michael Bolton (1953- ), singer; Erykah Badu (1971- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: Levi Strauss, a Bavarian immigrant who went to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, made his first pair of "jeans" out of canvas.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1935, an aging Babe Ruth was released by the New York Yankees and signed a contract to become an assistant manager and player with the Boston Braves.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come." -- Victor Hugo

TODAY'S NUMBER: 14 -- age at which "Buffalo Bill" Cody began riding for the Pony Express, after answering an advertisement for "skinny, expert riders willing to risk death daily."

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Feb. 25) and last quarter moon (March 4).