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A US Navy SM-3 missile knocked out a dying US spy satellite. Officials said the intent was to destroy an onboard tank of toxic fuel.
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In Afghanistan an explosion in Helmand province claimed the life of a British soldier. 30 Taliban militants were killed in a joint Afghan and foreign special forces operation backed by air support in southern Helmand province.
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Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Armenia’s capital after an election official said complete results showed that the prime minister had won the presidential election.
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The US FDA inspected a heparin production facility in China. 19 deaths and some 350 allergic reactions had taken place among patients who received heparin sold in the US by Baxter Int’l. In March officials identified oversulfated condroitin sulfate, a chemical that does not occur naturally, as a contaminant in the drug. In April the death toll linked to contaminated heparin was raised to 62.
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Quebec provincial police conducted raids, breaking up a hacking ring that police said was responsible for an estimated CDN$45 million (US$44.3 million) in damage to computer systems.
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Ecuador's government declared a national state of emergency police to help with aid in flooded regions. 12 people had died and thousands were displaced as severe rains and floods battered the small Andean nation.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attacked Liechtenstein’s traditional banking secrecy and demanded a US-style deal giving Berlin insight into German investments in the Alpine tax haven.
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- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress
1988 –
Jiah Khan, Indian actress
1988 –
Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1985 –
Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 –
Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1983 –
Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 –
Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1982 –
Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1981 –
Chris Thile, American musician
1981 –
Tony Hibbert, English footballer
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February, 20
- Births
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2009,
Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of the Utah Jazz (b. 1944)
2008,
Emily Perry, English Actress (b. 1907)
2007,
F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
2007,
Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish artist, member of the CoBrA movement (b. 1913)
2007,
Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
2006,
Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2006,
Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
2005,
Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)
2005,
Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)
2005,
John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
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February, 20
- Deaths
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