Today is Monday, February 11, the 42nd day of 2008. There are 324 days left in the year.
660 B.C. _ Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno
1790 _ Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
1808 _ Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre PA
1878 _ First weekly Weather report published in UK
1929 _ Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1945 _ Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin
1963 _ Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album, including "Please, Please Me"
1975 _ Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1984 _ Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1990 _ Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa