Today's Highlight in History:
On February tenth, 1967, the 25th Amendment¹ to the Constitution, dealing² with presidential disability and succession, went into effect.
On this date:
In 1763, France ceded³ Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War.

In 1840, Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

In 1846, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormons, began an exodus⁴ to the west from Illinois.

In 1933, the first singing telegram was introduced by the Postal⁵ Telegram Company in New York.

In 1942, the former French liner "Normandie" capsized in New York Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refitted for the U-S Navy.

In 1949, Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" opened at Broadway's Morosco Theater.

In 1962, the Soviet⁶ Union exchanged captured American U-Two pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.

In 1981, eight people were killed, 198 injured, when fire broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino.

In 1989, Ron Brown was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first black to head a major US political party.

In 1998, Dr. David Satcher was confirmed by the Senate to be surgeon general.

Ten years ago: South African President F.W. de Klerk announced that black activist⁷ Nelson Mandela would be released the next day after 27 years in captivity⁸.

Five years ago: The House passed a GOP crime bill boosting funding for state prisons but requiring states to get tougher on violent criminals before they could receive any money.

One year ago: Resigned to losing their case, House prosecutors⁹ said public opinion polls had made a stronger impression on senators than any evidence that President Clinton committed high crimes and misdemeanors. A federal judge ordered American Airlines pilots to end a sickout that had grounded 2500 flights, stranded¹⁰ 200,000 travelers and left businesses scrambling¹¹ for cargo¹² carriers.