SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Today is Saturday, February 23, the 54th day of 2013. There are 311 days left in the year.

303 ― Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians

1455 ― Johannes Gutenberg prints first book, the Bible (estimated date)

1804 ― Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII

1861 ― President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. to take office

1886 ― London Times publishes world's first classified ad

1898 ― In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his “J'accuse” letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus

1905 ― Rotary Club International established by four men in Chicago

1919 ― Benito Mussolini founds the Facist party of Italy

1968 ― Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points

1997 ― Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly”