February 14, This Day in History

1849 - In NYC, James K. Polk becomes 1st serving U.S. President to have his photograph taken.

1859 - Oregon admitted as 33rd State.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell applies for patent for the telephone.

1899 - Voting machines approved by U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.

1903 - U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Labor established (later split into Dept. of Commerce and Dept. of Labor)

1912 - Arizona admitted as 48th State

1990 - 92 people killed aboard India Airlines flight 605 at Bangalore, India

1998 - U.S. authorities announce Eric Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing. Rudolph is later named as the 1996 Olympic Park Bomber (although there is no evidence of that. ) How can you believe this when they ruined Richard Jewell's life with the false accusations of him being the bomber. Eric Rudolph would soon be the scapegoat for all the bad things happening. I'm surprised they didn't try to blame 9/11 or the Anthrax scare on him. Rudolph was finally apprehended outside a Piggly Wiggly digging in the dumpster by some Barney Fife cop outside Asheville, NC, where he has been hiding in the mountains for years.