February 13, 2021
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Today is Sunday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2021. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing 17 people in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since the attack in Newtown, Connecticut, more than five years earlier.
On this date:
In 1778, the American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted Stars and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France.
In 1876, inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for patents related to the telephone. (The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled Bell the rightful inventor.)
myself. she worked with afghans, putting an american-friendly face to the war-torn country. knowing her the little i did, she did represent america the way most americans would. jamie: oh, my. thank you for the report. our heart guess out to the family. this is the second time in less than a year that america has lost a diplomat in the line of doughty and serve as a secretary of state, kerry s control officer in his visit to afghanistan two weeks ago. christopher stevens the ambassador to libbia, he die in the horrific terror attack in benghazi, libbia. their death, the first in more than 30 year n. 1979, adolph dubs was cooperatured in kabul and killed during a rescue attempt. eric: a news alert about the possible missile test. north korea could conduct one within 72 hours.
hear. it is located right near the city center in kabul. but before it was called the serena hotel, it was called the kabul hotel. and in 1979, adolph dubs, the american ambassador at the time, was taken hostage at the hotel. the american ambassador was taken hostage. there was a standoff, and i m sorry to say that ambassador dubs was killed. he was shot multiple times and ultimately buried at arlington national cemetery. the united states did not have another ambassador sent to afghanistan for more than 20 years after that. ambassador dubs was killed on valentine s day in 1979, february 1979. later that year, in november 1979, more than 60 americans were taken hostage in tehran. the americans were taken hostage when a mob of militant students stormed the united states embassy in tehran. they fought the marines on guard there for hours. the americans were held hostage after the embassy for 444 days. that was later in 1979. in 1983, at the u.s. embassy in
it is located right near the city center in kabul. but before it was called the serena hotel, it was called the kabul hotel. and in 1979, adolph dubs, the american ambassador at the time, was taken hostage at the hotel. the american ambassador was taken hostage. there was a standoff, and i m sorry to say that ambassador dubs was killed. he was shot multiple times and ultimately buried at arlington national cemetery. the united states did not have another ambassador sent to afghanistan for more than 20 years after that. ambassador dubs was killed on valentine s day in 1979, february 1979. later that year, in november 1979, more than 60 americans were taken hostage in tehran. the americans were taken hostage when a mob of militant students stormed the united states embassy in tehran. they fought the marines on guard there for hours. the americans were held hostage after the embassy for 444 days. that was later in 1979. in 1983, at the u.s. embassy in
but didn t breach the wall. no one was killed in the attack. that s the report from the yemeni government. we ll keep you posted on morning joe. as we told you at the top of this show, details still emerging about the deadly attack at the american consulate in libya that took the lives of four americans, including u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. he was one of the first diplomats sent to benghazi. chris stevens is the sixth u.s. am balances door killed in the line of service. the last to die as a result of violence was adolph dubs, an envoy to afghanistan who was kidnapped and murdered in 1979. a quick break from the real news. we huddle around the water cooler to watch one of the most bizarre high-speed bank robbery chases you will ever see. it began around 10:00 in the morning. four armed men held up a bank of america fleeing in a stolen