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Today is the 61st day of 2013 and the 72nd day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

In 1877, the U.S. Congress declared Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 presidential election, despite the fact that Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.

In 1933, the film "King Kong" opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

In 1969, the Concorde supersonic airliner flew (at subsonic speeds) for the first time.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Sam Houston (1793-1863), soldier/politician; Pope Pius XII (1876-1958); Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) (1904-1991), author; Mel Ott (1909-1958), baseball player; Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), actor/musician; Tom Wolfe (1931- ), author/journalist; Mikhail Gorbachev (1931- ), former Soviet leader; Jon Bon Jovi (1962- ), musician; Daniel Craig (1968- ), actor; Chris Martin (1977- ), musician; Ben Roethlisberger (1982- ), football player.

TODAY'S FACT: "King Kong" was made in 1933 for about $11.7 million (in today's dollars). The 2005 remake cost $207 million to produce.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors set the NBA single-game scoring record with 100 points in a win over the New York Knicks.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live." -- Tom Wolfe

TODAY'S NUMBER: 27 -- publishing companies that rejected the manuscript of Dr. Seuss' first book for children, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street."

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

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Today is the 60th day of 2013 and the 71st day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1781, the Continental Congress officially adopted the Articles of Confederation.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

In 2003, Pakistani counterterrorism forces captured al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a principal planner of the 9/11 terror attacks.

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capitol punishment for crimes committed before the age of 18 was unconstitutional.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Glenn Miller (1904-1944), bandleader; Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), writer; Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), prime minister of Israel; Harry Belafonte (1927- ), musician/actor; Roger Daltrey (1944- ), musician; Ron Howard (1954- ), actor/director; Zack Snyder (1966- ), filmmaker; George Eads (1967- ), actor; Javier Bardem (1969- ), actor; Justin Bieber (1994- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: Minnesota's prison population increased by 61 percent between 2000 and 2010.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1969, New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle announced his retirement.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison and destroy." -- Ralph Ellison

TODAY'S NUMBER: 210,000 -- Peace Corps volunteers who have served in 139 host countries since the organization's inception in 1961.

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

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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).