Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Today in History - Tuesday, Feb. 19,
2013 Today is Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2013. There are
315 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb.
19, 1963, the book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan,
credited with reviving American feminism, was first published by
W.W. Norton & Co. On this date: In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus
Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. In 1803, Congress voted to
accept Ohio's borders and constitution. In 1807, former Vice
President Aaron Burr, accused of treason, was arrested in the
Mississippi Territory, in present-day Alabama. (Burr was
acquitted at trial.) In 1846, the Texas state government was
formally installed in Austin, with J. Pinckney Henderson taking
the oath of office as governor. In 1878, Thomas Edison received
a U.S. patent for "an improvement in phonograph or speaking
machines." In 1881, Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale
of alcoholic beverages. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
signed Executive Order