Today is Wednesday, February 6, the 37th day of 2008. There are 229 days left in the year.
0337 _ St. Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1508 _ Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
1626 _ Huguenot rebels and the French sign Peace of La Rochelle
1778 _ France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; first U.S. treaty
1836_ HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
1904 _ Russian-Japanese war began
1918 _ Britain grants women (30 and over) the vote
1939 _ Spanish government flees to France
1945 _ Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1958 _ Seven members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash