TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Today is Tuesday, February 10, the 41st day of 2009. There are 324 days left in the year.

1749 _ 10th (final) volume of Fielding's ``Tom Jones" is published

1870 _ YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)

1881 _ Jacques Offenbach's opera ``Les Contes d'Hoffman" premieres in Paris

1897 _ New York Times begins using slogan ``All the News That's Fit to Print"

1904 _ Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled seven Russian warships

1940 _ ``In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits No. 1

1947 _ WWII peace treaties signed

1949 _ Arthur Miller's ``Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC

1956 _ Elvis Presley records ``Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA

1996 _ IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov