Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2022. There are 319 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1879: President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

ON THIS DATE

› 1764: The site of present-day St. Louis was established by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau.

› 1898: The U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain.

› 1933: President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed more than four weeks later.

› 1967: The rock band Chicago was founded by Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow and Robert Lamm; the group originally called itself The Big Thing.

› 1989: The Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan, after more than nine years of military intervention.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Claire Bloom is

91. Author Susan Brownmiller is 87. Songwriter Brian Holland is 81. Rock musician Mick Avory (The Kinks) is 78. Jazz musician Henry Threadgill is 78. “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening is 68. Model Janice Dickinson is 67. Actor Christopher McDonald is 67. Reggae singer Ali Campbell is

63. Actor Joseph R. Gannascoli is 63. Musician Mikey Craig (Culture Club) is 62. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green is

62. Actor Alex Borstein is

51. Actor Renee O’Connor is 51. Actor Sarah Wynter is 49. Olympic gold medal swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is 49. Actor-director Miranda July is 48. Rock singer Brandon Boyd (Incubus) is 46. Rock musician Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers) is 46. Rock singer/guitarist Adam Granduciel (The War on Drugs) is 43. Singer-songwriter-musician Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) is

42. Blues-rock musician Gary Clark Jr. is 38. Actor Natalie Morales is 37. Actor Amber Riley is

36. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is 27. Actor Zach Gordon is 24.