TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Today is Tuesday, February 26, the 57th day of 2008. There are 309 days left in the year.

1531 _ Earthquake in Lisbon Portugal, kills 20,000

1815 _ Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France

1918 _ Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604

1923 _ Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)

1952 _ P.M. Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb

1970 _ Beatles release ``Beatles Again" aka ``Hey Jude" album

1977 _ First flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)

1980 _ Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for the 1st time

1983 _ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to No.1 and stays No. 1 for 37 weeks