MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Today is Monday, February 28, the 59th day of 2011. There are 306 days left in the year.

1066 ― Westminster Abbey opens

1646 ― Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church

1692 ― Salem witch hunt begins

1749 ― First edition of Henry Fielding’s' ``Tom Jones" published

1917 ― Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets

1922 ― Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain

1933 ― Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)

1956 ― Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory

1981 ― China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan

1983 ― Final TV episode of ``MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch