Today is Friday, February 29, the 60th day of 2008. There are 306 days left in the year.
1908 _ Dutch scientists produce solid helium
1936 _ FDR signs second neutrality act
1940 _ ``Gone with the Wind" wins eight Oscars
1960 _ Earthquake kills one third of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 seconds
1968 _ Beatles' ``Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy
1968 _ U.S. end regular flights with nuclear bombs
1968 _ U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test site
1972 _ Hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1972 _ Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party
1988 _ Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WWII deportations.