Today is Friday, February 12, the 43rd day of 2010. There are 322 days left in the year.
1624 _ English parliament comes together
1818 _ Chile gains independence from Spain
1912 _ Last Ching (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry Pui, abdicates
1921 _ Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)
1924 _ George Gershwin's ``Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York City)
1950 _ Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
1953 _ USSR breaks relations with Israel
1955 _ President Eisenhower sends first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam
1964 _ Beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
1991 _ South and North Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition