Today is Thursday, February 28, the 59th day of 2008. There are 307 days left in the year.
870 _ Eighth Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
1066 _ Westminster Abbey opens
1692 _ Salem witch hunt begins
1749 _ First edition of Henry Fieldings' ``Tom Jones" published
1759 _ Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1922 _ Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1924 _ U.S. begins intervention in Honduras
1942 _ Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1943 _ ``Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan
1997 _ Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in U.S.