TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Today is Tuesday, February 19, the 50th day of 2008. There are 316 days left in the year.

0356 _ Emperor Constantinus II shuts all heathen temples

1861 _ Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom

1881 _ Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages

1941 _ Nazis raid Koco Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation

1942 _ FDR orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans

1944 _ 823 British bombers attack Berlin

1952 _ French offensive at Hanoi

1974 _ First American Music Award

1986 _ USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit

1995 _ Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds)