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by Western mining interests and
farmers, the Bland-Allison Act,
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which provided for a return to the
minting of silver coins, becomes
law. It required the U.S. Treasury 2
to resume purchasing silver and
minting silver dollars as legal ten—
der.
0 On Feb. 13, 1915, the Ameri—
can Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers (ASCAP) is found—
ed to “assure that music creators
are fairly compensated for the
public performance of their works,
and that their rights are properly
protected.”
0 On Feb. 10, 1957, Laura In-
galls Wilder, author of the best—
selling “Little House” series of
children’s novels, dies at age 90 in
Missouri. In 1932, Wilder, then in
her 60s, published her first novel,
“Little House in the Big Woods.”
0 On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire
18-member U.S. figure skating
team is killed in a plane crash in
Belgium. The team was on its way
to the 1961 World Figure Skating
Championships in Prague. U.S.
women’s figure skating champion
Laurence Owen, 16, was featured
on the Feb. 13, 1961, cover of
Sports Illustrated.
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0 On Feb. 12, 1972, the release
of American POWs begins in Ha-
noi as part of the Paris peace set-
tlement. The first 20 of 591 U.S.
POWs arrived to a hero’s welcome
at Travis AFB in California.
0 On Feb. 14, 1989, Iran’s Aya~
tollah Khomeini calls on Muslims
to kill Salman Rushdie, author of
“The Satanic Verses,” and his pub-
lishers. Booksellers the world over
refused to sell the novel for fear of
retribution. Many who did sell it
were bombed. ' '
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jor upset, Buster Douglas defeats
Mike Tyson, the undisputed world
heavyweight champion, in 10
rounds at a boxing match in To-
kyo. The loss was the beginning
of a long, downward spiral for Ty-
son, which included jail time and
license revocation in Nevada. Road LllC Journal LU keep up with LllL‘
winter activities and events.