TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Today is Tuesday, February 28, the 59th day of 2012. There are 307 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

1933 ― Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)

1935 ― Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers

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

1981 ― Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws

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