On this day: February 15
POSTED: 04:12 PM PST Feb 14, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 14, 2013
The USS Maine explodes mysteriously in Havana Harbor, the teddy bear is born, President Franklin D. Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt, and Jeffrey Dahmer is found guilty, all on this day.
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1965: Singer and musician Nat King Cole, known for his soft, baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres, dies of lung cancer at the age of 49 in Santa Monica, Calif. Some of Cole's best known songs include "Unforgettable," "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "The Christmas Song," "Nature Boy," "Mona Lisa," "Too Young" and "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer."
