TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 14TH

1859-Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.

1912-Arizona became the 48th state in the United States.

1920-The League of Women Voters was founded.

1929-Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

1989-Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

2001-The Kansas Board of Education reversed its 1999 ruling and restored evolution to the state's science curriculum.