Today is Tuesday, February 10, the 41st day of 2009. There are 324 days left in the year.
1749 _ 10th (final) volume of Fielding's ``Tom Jones" is published
1870 _ YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)
1881 _ Jacques Offenbach's opera ``Les Contes d'Hoffman" premieres in Paris
1897 _ New York Times begins using slogan ``All the News That's Fit to Print"
1904 _ Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled seven Russian warships
1940 _ ``In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits No. 1
1947 _ WWII peace treaties signed
1949 _ Arthur Miller's ``Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
1956 _ Elvis Presley records ``Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1996 _ IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov