SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Today is Saturday, February 16, the 47th day of 2013. There are 318 days left in the year.

600 ― Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze

1887 ― First newspaper convention (Rochester, N.Y.)

1937 ― DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H. Carothers

1943 ― Sign on Munich facade “Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!” done by "White Rose” student group, caught on Feb. 18, beheaded on Feb. 22

1956 ― Britain abolishes the death penalty

1959 ― Fidel Castro named himself Cuba’s premier after overthrowing Batista

1961 ― China uses its first nuclear reactor

1980 ― Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France

1982 ― Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce

1989 ― Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage