On this day: February 19
Published On: Feb 18 2013 06:31:49 PM CST
Updated On: Feb 19 2013 01:00:00 AM CST
Rescuers reach the Donner Party, Edison patents the phonograph, the Soviet Union launches the Mir space station, and Fidel Castro resigns as Cuban president, all on this day.
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