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Article: Today in History - Feb. 17
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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2009. There are 317 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
One hundred years ago, on Feb. 17, 1909, Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo (also known as Goyathlay, "One Who Yawns") died at Fort Sill, Okla., at age 79.
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In 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president.
In 1809, the Ohio legislature voted to establish Miami University in present-day Oxford. (The school opened in 1824.)
In 1864, during the Civil War, the Union ship USS Housatonic was rammed and sunk in ...