FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Today is Friday, February 28, the 59th day of 2014. 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

1759 — Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages

1854 — Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wis.

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

1935 — Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers

1943 — “Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan

1986 — European Economic Community sign “Special Act” for Europe free trade