SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2008

Today is Saturday, February 16, the 47th day of 2008. There are 319 days left in the year.

0374 _ Ninth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1349 _ Jews are expelled from Burgsdorf Switzerland

1840 _ American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica

1913 _ President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico

1918 _ Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day)

1961 _ China uses its first nuclear reactor

1968 _ Elvis Presley receives gold record for ``How Great Thou Art"

1989 _ Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market

1989 _ Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage

1991 _ U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding

1992 _ Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's No.32 uniform