FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Today is Friday, February 5, the 36th day of 2010. There are 329 days left in the year.

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

1897 _ Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel

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 General Douglas MacArthur enter Manila

1962 _ French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence

1980 _ Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel

1987 _ Dow Jones average closes above 2,200 for 1st time

1989 _ Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points