++This Tweet in History: February 19, 2010++

WRLD: 1847 - First rescuers reach Donner Party, but their ordeal's not over

TECH: 1878 - Edison receives patent for phonograph

OTHR: 1674 - England wins New York (nee Amsterdam) in Peace of Westminster

BDAY: Seal; Margaux Hemingway; Smokey Robinson; Nicolas Copernicus

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