SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Today is Saturday, February 28, the 59th day of 2009. There are 306 days left in the year.

1066 _ Westminster Abbey opens

1692 _ Salem witch hunt begins

1749 _ First edition of Henry Fieldings' ``Tom Jones" published

1759 _ Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages

1943 _ ``Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan

1953 _ Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Malenkov

1966 _ Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes

1976 _ 18th Grammy Awards, ``Love Will Keep Us Together," Natalie Cole win

1986 _ Peter Uberroth suspended seven baseball players for one year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs

1986 _ European Economic Community sign ``Special Act" for Europe free trade