On this day: February 26

POSTED: 2:02 PM Feb 25 2013   UPDATED: 2:00 AM Feb 26 2013
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The Grand Canyon becomes a national park, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album hits No. 1, a truck bomb explodes under the World Trade Center, and teenager Trayvon Martin is shot and killed, all on this day.

OTD February 26 - Galileo
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1616: The Spanish Inquisition delivers an injunction to Galileo forbidding him from holding, teaching or defending Copernican theory.

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    Local mug shots: May 2013

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