THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Today is Thursday, February 5, the 36th day of 2009. There are 329 days left in the year.

1649 _ Prince of Wales becomes King Charles II

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

1916 _ Enrico Caruso recorded ``O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company

1922 _ Reader's Digest magazine first published

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

1945 _ U.S. troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur enter Manila

1980 _ Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel

1983 _ Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial

1991 _ A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kervorkian from assisting in suicides

1992 _ Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case