Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, February 13, the 44th day of 2007. There are 321 days left in the year.

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In 1945, the Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans and Allied planes began bombing Dresden.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs; it will pity you for what you lose, but never for what you lack.” — Anne Sophie Swetchine, Russian-French author (1782-1857).