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2A Daily News – Friday, February 21, 2014 By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2014. There are 313 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1965, black Mus- lim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside the Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam. On this date: In 1513, Pope Julius II, who had commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, died nearly four months after the project was completed. In 1613, Mikhail Romanov, 16, was unanimously chosen by Rus- sia's national assembly to be czar, beginning a dynasty that would last three centuries. In 1885, the Washington Mon- ument was dedicated. In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as Ger- man forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting. In 1925, The New Yorker mag- azine made its debut. In 1947, Edwin H. Land pub- licly demonstrated his Polaroid Land camera, which could pro- duce a black-and-white photo- graph in 60 seconds. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing. Ten years ago: International Red Cross workers visited Sad- dam Hussein, who was in U.S. custody in Iraq, checking his health and allowing him to write a note to his family. Five years ago: In a last full day of talks in Asia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed American and Chinese cooperation on the economy and climate change. Today's Birthdays: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 90. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 81. Actor Gary Lockwood is 77. Actor- director Richard Beymer is 75. Actor Peter McEnery is 74. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is 74. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 71. Actor Alan Rickman is 68. Actress Tyne Daly is 68. Actor Anthony Daniels is 68. Tricia Nixon Cox is 68. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 67. Rock musician Jerry Harri- son (The Heads) is 65. Actress Christine Ebersole is 61. Actor William Petersen is 61. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 59. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 56. Actor Jack Coleman is 56. Actor Christopher Atkins is 53. Actor William Baldwin is 51. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 44. Thought for Today: ''In scandal, as in robbery, the receiver is always as bad as the thief.'' — Lord Chesterfield, English author and statesman (1694-1773). Today in History VOTING IS UNDER WAY! Vote for your favorite Tehama County Businesses before Wednesday, February 26. Online Ballots Only at www.redbluffdailynews.com Five Lucky Voters will be selected at random from all eligible ballots on March 4. Each will receive a $100 Shopping Spree at the Tehama County business of their choice! Please help sponsor a classroom subscription Call Kathy at (530) 527-2151 to find out how. Through the Newspapers in Education program, area classrooms receive the Red Bluff Daily News every day thanks to the generosity of these local businesses & individuals. • CALIFORNIA WALNUT COMPANY • LEPAGE COMPANY INC. • MODERN CLEANERS • OLIVE CITY QUICK LUBE • WALMART • TEHAMA CO. DEPT. OF ED. • JOHN WHEELER LOGGING, INC. • DUDLEY'S EXCAVATING, INC. • HINKLE ROOFING & CONST. • BRETNEY SUTTERFIELD • ETZLER FINANCIAL & INSURANCE • OLIVE CITY TAX PROFESSIONALS • PLACER TITLE COMPANY • AIRPORT AUTO REPAIR • KAY STEPHENS, MD • GREENWASTE OF TEHAMA • LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP. • NORTH MAIN AUTOMOTIVE • QRC • RED BLUFF VISION CENTER • STEVE'S BACKHOE SERVICE • WARNER ELECTRIC • TRIPLE R GAS • SCHOOL HOUSE MARKET THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 NEWSPAPERS