CHICKEN BUCKETS: TODAY IN HISTORY-SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Today is Saturday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2011. There are 308 days left in the year.

Today in History:

Highlight in History:
On Feb. 26, 1993, a bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of New York City's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.

An eyewitness describes the scene

AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler

On this date in:
1815	Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France.
1848	The Second French Republic was proclaimed.
1870	New York City's first pneumatic-powered subway line was opened to the public. (The tunnel was only a block long.)
1919	Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
1932	Country musician Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Ark.
1952	Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain had developed its own atomic bomb.
1987	The Tower Commission issued its report on the Iran-Contra affair, rebuking President Ronald Reagan for failing to control his national security staff.
1991	Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced on Baghdad Radio that he had ordered his forces to withdraw from Kuwait.
1995	Barings PLC, Britain's oldest investment banking firm, collapsed after a securities dealer lost more than $1.4 billion by gambling on Tokyo stock prices.
2001	A U.N. tribunal convicted Bosnian Croat political leader Dario Kordic and military commander Mario Cerkez of war crimes for ordering the systematic murder and persecution of Muslim civilians during the Bosnian war.

Today's Birthdays:

San Francisco Giants third baseman Mark DeRosa turns 36 years old today.

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Name

Profession

Age

Fats Domino

R&B singer

Mitch Ryder

Rock singer

Jonathan Cain

Rock musician (Journey)

Michael Bolton

Singer

Greg Germann

Actor ("Ally McBeal")

Tim Kaine

Former governor of Virginia

Marshall Faulk

Football player

R&B singer Erykah Badu turns 40 years old today.

AP Photo/Mike Fuentes

Thought for Today: "Only the mediocrities of life hide behind the alibi 'in conference.' The great of this earth are not only simple but accessible." — Isaac Frederick Marcosson, American journalist (1876-1961).

“A Prayer To Be A People Of Prayer”

Father, we are so grateful for the power of prayer and its positive affect in our lives. Yet we confess that we don’t avail ourselves to Your prescribed means of communication nearly as often as we should. Jesus quoted Scripture when refuting Satan’s temptations in the wilderness experience and He spent time in intense prayer when He needed strength, courage, and faith for the trials that lay ahead. We likewise pray for our brothers and sisters, that their faith in You will mature and that they will remain faithful in times of testing. We pray for ourselves that we will stand firm and remain confident in our Christian faith as we oppose the evil forces in this world. In the name of Jesus we ask these things. Amen.