CHICKEN BUCKETS: TODAY IN HISTORY-WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2011. There are 318 days left in the year.

Today in History:

Highlight in History:
On Feb. 16, 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

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On this date in:
1804	Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.
1862	Some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn., to Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
1868	The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.
1918	Lithuania proclaimed its independence.
1923	The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
1937	Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
1945	American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.
1948	NBC-TV aired the first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre," which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.
1968	The nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala.
2005	The Kyoto global warming pact, which the U.S. never ratified, went into effect.
2005	The NHL canceled what was left of its season after a round of last-gasp negotiations failed to resolve differences over a salary cap - the issue that led to a lockout.
2009	A 200-pound chimpanzee severely mauled its owner's friend before being shot dead by police in Stamford, Conn.