Today is Wednesday, February 3, the 34th day of 2010. There are 331 days left in the year.
1488 _ Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1743 _ Philadelphia establishes a ``pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
1836 _ Whig Party holds its first national convention (Albany, N.Y.)
1919 _ League of Nations first meeting (Paris)
1951 _ Tennessee Williams' ``Rose Tattoo" premieres in New York City
1962 _ President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs
1967 _ ``Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1969 _ The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1994 _ President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
1998 _ Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain