Today is Saturday, February 13, the 44th day of 2010. There are 321 days left in the year.
1633 _ Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1689 _ British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
1861 _ Abraham Lincoln declared President
1866 _ Jesse James holds up his first bank, Liberty., Mo. ($15,000)
1867 _ Johann Strauss' ``Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
1920 _ League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
1924 _ King Tut's tomb opened
1952 _ Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
1990 _ U.S., England, France and England give Germany the OK to reunify
1991 _ U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334