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Today’s highlight Feb. 28, 2013: Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate. (Benedict was succeeded the following month by Pope Francis.) On this date 1784: John Wesley, the co-founder of Methodism, chartered the first Methodist Church in the United States in Leesburg, Virginia. 1844: A 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and several others. 1849: The California gold rush began in earnest as regular steamship service started bringing gold-seekers to San Francisco. 1953: Scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA.

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