TODAY IN HISTORY

Wednesday, February  01, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven crew members. President George W. Bush: the Columbia is lost   AP Photo/Jason Hutchinson
On this date in: 1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union. 1862 "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly. 1896 Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered in Turin, Italy. 1920 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established. 1946 Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations. 1960 Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service. 1968 During the Vietnam War, Saigon's police chief, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. AP Photo/Eddie Adams 1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. 1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premiered on NBC. 1999 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a vidotaped deposition for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton. 2004 Singer Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed during the Super Bowl halftime show. 2009 The Pittsburgh Steelers won their record sixth Super Bowl with a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. 2011 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term but rejected protesters' demands he step down immediately.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., turns 68 years old today. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Name Profession Age Don Everly Singer 75 Garrett Morris Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live") 75 Sherman Hemsley Actor ("The Jeffersons") 74 Joy Philbin TV personality 71 Terry Jones Actor, writer (Monty Python) 70 Bill Mumy Actor, writer ("Lost in Space") 58 Linus Roache Actor ("Law and Order") 48 Princess Stephanie Member of Monaco's royal family 47 Sherilyn Fenn Actress 47 Lisa Marie Presley Rock singer, daughter of Elvis Presley 44 Pauly Shore Actor, comedian 44 Michael C. Hall Actor ("Dexter") 41 Big Boi Rapper (Outkast) 37 Reality TV personality Lauren Conrad ("The Hills") turns 26 years old today. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg