Slideshow: Today In History, Feb. 10
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Today's Highlight in History:
1840: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
In 1840, Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
1949: "Death of a Salesman"
In 1949, Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" opened at Broadway's Morosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman.
1959: St. Louis
In 1959, a major tornado tore through the St. Louis area, killing 21 people and causing heavy damage.
1962: Francis Gary Powers
In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
1968: Peggy Fleming
In 1968, U.S. figure skater Peggy Fleming won America's only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France.
1981: Las Vegas Hilton
In 1981, eight people were killed when a fire set by a busboy broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino.
1989: Ron Brown
In 1989, Ron Brown was elected the first black chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
1998: Dr. David Satcher
In 1998, Dr. David Satcher was confirmed by the Senate to be surgeon general.
2005: Arthur Miller
Ten years ago: Playwright Arthur Miller died in Roxbury, Connecticut, at age 89 on the 56th anniversary of the Broadway opening of "Death of a Salesman."
2005: Lynne Stewart
Ten years ago: New York civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart was convicted of smuggling messages of violence from one of her jailed clients, radical Egyptian sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, to his terrorist disciples on the outside. (Stewart was initially sentenced to two years, four months in prison, but had that sentence increased to 10 years; she was released in Dec. 2013 because of her terminal cancer.)
2005: Prince Charles & Camilla Parker Bowles
Ten years ago: Britain's Prince Charles announced he would marry his divorced lover, Camilla Parker Bowles, in April.
2010: Charlie Wilson
Five years ago: Former Congressman Charlie Wilson, a Texas Democrat whose funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie and book "Charlie Wilson's War," died in Dallas at age 76.
2010: Shuttle Endeavour
Five years ago: Shuttle Endeavour arrived to a warm welcome at the International Space Station, delivering a new room and observation deck.
2014: Maria Hoefl-Riesch
One year ago: Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won Olympic gold at Sochi in the super-combined less than a second ahead of both silver medalist Nicole Hosp of Austria and Julia Mancuso of the United States, who won the bronze.
2014: Shirley Temple Black
One year ago: Actress-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple Black, 85, died at her home near San Francisco.
Birthday: Alexander Payne
Movie director Alexander Payne is 54.
Birthday: Chloe Grace Moretz
Actress Chloe Grace Moretz is 18.
Birthday: Douglas Slocombe
Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe (Film: "Raiders of the Lost Ark") is 102.
Birthday: Elizabeth Banks
Actress Elizabeth Banks is 41.
Birthday: Emma Roberts
Actress Emma Roberts is 24.
Birthday: George Stephanopoulos
ABC News correspondent George Stephanopoulos is 54.
Birthday: Glenn Beck
Political commentator Glenn Beck is 51.
Birthday: Greg Norman
World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman is 60.
Birthday: Laura Dern
Actress Laura Dern is 48.
Birthday: Lenny Dykstra
Retired MLB All-Star Lenny Dykstra is 52.
Birthday: Leontyne Price
Opera singer Leontyne Price is 88.
Birthday: Mark Spitz
Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz is 65.
Birthday: Robert Iger
Walt Disney Co. chairman and chief executive Robert Iger is 64.
Birthday: Robert Wagner
Actor Robert Wagner is 85.
Birthday: Roberta Flack
Singer Roberta Flack is 78.
Birthday: Uzo Aduba
Actress Uzo Aduba (TV: "Orange is the New Black") is 34.
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