Today is Tuesday, February 12, the 43rd day of 2008. There are 323 days left in the year.
1818 _ Chile gains independence from Spain
1882 _ Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam
1909 _ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded
1912 _ Last Ching (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry Pui, abdicates
1925 _ Estonia forbids Communist Party
1950 _ Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
1953 _ USSR breaks relations with Israel
1960 _ Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
1987 _ Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages
1991 _ North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition