Robert Duvall starred in The Twilight Zone episode "Miniature"
(Season 4, Episode 8), which first aired on February 21, 1963.
He plays Charley Parkes, a socially isolated, shy man who
becomes obsessed with a dollhouse in a museum, believing
the miniature figures inside are alive.
Robert Duvall (1931 – 2026)
The Godfather (1972)
Robert Selden Duvall (January 5, 1931 – February 15, 2026)
Robert Duvall died Sunday,February 15, at his ranch in
Middleburg, Virginia. He was 95.
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The federal holiday honoring Washington was originally started
by an Act of Congress in 1879 for government offices in D.C.
and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices.
As the first federal holiday to honor an American president,
the holiday was celebrated on Washington’s birthday under
the Gregorian calendar, February 22.
On January 1, 1971, the federal holiday was shifted to the
third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday
Act.
Government offices, banks, and the U.S. Postal Service will
be closed, providing a long weekend for many.
Actor LeVar Burton shot to fame at age 19 as Kunta Kinte in
the1977 miniseries Roots. Known for his roles in Star Trek:
The Next Generation (Geordi La Forge) and hosting Reading
Rainbow.
Burton is a advocate for literacy and education. He is 69
years old today.
Original series on PBS (1983 – 1999)
Senator Rankin Fite (right) making the call.
The first 911 call was placed by Rep. Rankin Fite, the Speaker
of the Alabama House of Representatives, in the town of
Haleyville, Alabama on February 16th of the following year.
Nome, Alaska adopted the system a week later. Still, it would
years before the system was widespread and decades before
it was uniform.
It was only in 1973 that the White House issued an official
statement in favor of 911, and even that a suggestion rather
than a law or executive order.
By 1987, 50 percent of the nation was using the system.
