According to a biographer, Billy Graham was considered "among
the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.

On February 19, 1847, the first rescuers reached surviving
members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound 
pioneers stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
for nearly four months.

William H. Eddy, survivor and chief
rescuer of the ill-fated Donner Party

Ralph Dale Earnhardt (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001)

Dale Earnhardt is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history and was named as one of the NASCAR’s 50
Greatest Drivers class in 1998.

J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was
an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of
the Manhattan Project‘s Los Alamos Laboratory during World
War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his
role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves Jr., military head of the Manhattan Project, with Oppenheimer in 1942.

The Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear device.

(TMZ) – Kevyn Major Howard, the actor best known for playing
Rafterman in the war movie Full Metal Jacket, has died.

Howard’s family told TMZ that he died at a Las Vegas hospital surrounded by loved ones on Friday, Feb. 14.

According to the outlet, Howard had been in hospital in the
weeks before his death due to respiratory issues. His official
cause of death, however, has yet to be determined.

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