Picture of the Day and B'days for Feb. 10

Posted February 9, 2009, 8:12 pm


Today is Tuesday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2009. There are 324 days left in the year.

On February 10,  1968, U.S. figure skater Peggy Fleming won America's only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France.

On February 10, 1971, Carole King released her "Tapestry" album.

On February 10, 1975, record producer Phil Spector was injured in a car accident. Not much was known about what happened, except that it occurred somewhere between Los Angeles and Phoenix and that Spector was injured.

Mark Spitz in 1968

On February 10, 1990, Paula Abdul became the first female artist to have an album stay in the top ten for over 50 weeks. It was her debut album, "Forever Your Girl."

Today's Birthdays: Actor Robert Wagner is 79. Singer Roberta Flack is 72.  Olympic gold-medal swimmer Mark Spitz is 59. ABC News correspondent George Stephanopoulos is 48

Picture of the Day: Maybe just a little too enthusiastic about the Big Mac.



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