Today is Friday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2019. There are 312 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight: On Feb. 22, 1997, scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly.” (Dolly, however, was later put down after a short life marred by premature aging and disease.)
On this date:
In 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.
In 1959, the inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.
In 1965, former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 82, died in Washington D.C.
In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later returned.)
In 1984, David Vetter, a 12-year-old Texas boy who’d spent most of his life in a plastic bubble because he had no immunity to disease, died 15 days after being removed from the bubble for a bone-marrow transplant.
In 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58.
Today’s birthdays: Actor Paul Dooley is 91. Actor James Hong is 90. Actress Julie Walters is 69. Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving is 69. Actress Ellen Greene is 68. World Golf Hall of Famer Vijay Singh is 56. Actress-comedian Rachel Dratch is 53. Singer James Blunt is 45. Actress Drew Barrymore is 44.
Thought for today: “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” — Anne Bradstreet, American poet (1612-1672).
— Associated Press
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