Feb 25, 1986: Today in History  In the face of mass demonstrations against his rule, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos and his entourage are airlifted from the presidential palace in Manila by U.S. helicopters. Elected in 1966, Marcos declared martial law in 1972 in response to leftist violence. In the next year, he assumed dictatorial powers. Backed by the United States, his regime was marked by misuse of foreign support, repression, and political murders. In 1986, Marcos defrauded the electorate in a presidential election, declaring himself the victor over Corazon Aquino, the wife of an assassinated rival. Aquino also declared herself the rightful winner, and the public rallied behind her. Deserted…

 INVESTING FEBRUARY 19, 2012 Retro Investing—Look Back to Get Ahead By TOM LAURICELLA Break out the poodle skirts and crank up the Perry Como. It’s often said that investors these days are navigating uncharted territory. The world’s major economies are swamped by massive amounts of debt, the Federal Reserve has essentially locked interest rates at zero and the outlook for corporate profits is increasingly cloudy. Many investors are paralyzed by this environment, which is unlike anything they have seen in their adult lives. As a result, they’re hunkering down in cash and super-safe government bonds. However, as is often the case, investors can look to the past and find potential…

It’s been 200 years since Napoleon ravaged Europe in the name of French nationalism, so maybe it’s time to put aside the differences over all that warmongering and failed empire-building and all go to an amusement park together. France thinks so, at least. By 2014, construction is set to begin on Napoleonland, a new theme park designed to pay homage to the French leader some believe to be a hero and others think of as one of history’s most loathsome dictators. Park-goers can expect a water show recreating the Battle of Trafalgar, tributes to Napoleon’s crushing defeat of the Russo-Austrian Army at the Battle of Austerlitz, a ski run littered…

Whitney Houston remembered in song and speeches (CBS/AP) Updated 3:30 p.m. ET   CBS News The Funeral of Whitney Elizabeth Houston NEWARK, N.J. – Actor Kevin Costner joined friends and family gathered Saturday to pay their respects to Whitney Houston in her hometown of Newark, N.J. and brought smiles to the faces of mourners as he remembered his co-star in “The Bodyguard.”  Costner remembered a movie star who was uncertain of her own fame, who “still wondered, ‘am I good enough? Am I pretty enough? Will they like me?’ ”  “It was the burden that made her great and the part that caused her to stumble in the end,” Costner said.…

A Monument to Exodusters July 1, 2011, 22:18BY ROBIN VAN AUKEN JUNE 27 Another Delay for Museum of African Art June 16, 2011, 19:12http://blogs.wsj.com/met Artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. March 9, 2011, 18:58Digitized Collections Document Etta James Dies at 73  January 20, 2012, 23:00January 20, 2012 http://www.n Gil Scott-Heron, Poet, Dies at 62 May 29, 2011, 13:04MAY 27, 2011 Journey and Legacy of Obama’s Mother May 5, 2011, 14:17May 2, 2011 By Catherine Lutz Martin Luther King Jr.  January 16, 2012, 20:38http://www.history.com/top May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Ed is decided  May 16, 2011, 18:31In a major civil right Michael Jackson Biography in full Michael Joseph Jackson ( 1958…