TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Today is Tuesday, February 5, the 36th day of 2013. There are 329 days left in the year.

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

1850 ― Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, N.Y.

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

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

1980 ― Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel

1983 ― Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial

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