TODAY’S HISTORY

1945: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph

Stalin concluded their conference in Yalta, on the Crimean Peninsula.

1990: Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years. 2011: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ceded power in response to mass protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, bringing nearly 30 years of rule to a close.

2013: The Vatican announced Pope Benedict XVI’S intention to step down as leader of the Catholic Church.

TODAY’S

BIRTHDAYS: Thomas Edison (1847-1931), inventor; Max Baer (1909-1959), boxer; Eva Gabor (19191995), actress; Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010), actor; Mary Quant (1934-), fashion designer; Burt Reynolds (1936-2018), actor; Sheryl Crow (1962-), singer-songwriter; Jennifer Aniston (1969-), actress; Damian Lewis (1971-), actor; Kelly Rowland (1981-), singer; Natalie Dormer (1982-), actress; Taylor Lautner (1992-), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: In 1970, Japan successfully launched its first satellite, becoming the world’s fourth space power after the Soviet Union in 1957, the United States in 1958 and France in 1965.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1990, Buster Douglas knocked out undisputed heavyweight champion and 42-1 betting favorite Mike Tyson in the 10th round of their match in Tokyo, completing one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.” — Thomas Edison

TODAY’S NUMBER: 21 — age at which Thomas Edison applied for his first patent, for an “Electric Vote Recorder.”