TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Today is Tuesday, February 5, the 36th day of 2008. There are 330 days left in the year.

1649 _ Prince of Wales becomes King Charles II

1778 _ Articles of Confederation ratified by first state, South Carolina

1816 _ Rossini's Opera ``Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome

1885 _ News of fall of Khartoum reaches London

1904 _ American occupation of Cuba ends

1918 _ Separation of church and state begins in the USSR

1922 _ Reader's Digest magazine first published.

1937 _ First Charlie Chaplin talkie, ``Modern Times," is released.

1958 _ Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated first president of the United Arab Republic.

1989 _ Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points.