Today is Tuesday, February 16, the 47th day of 2010. There are 318 days left in the year.
600 _ Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze
1840 _ American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1883 _ "Ladies Home Journal" begins publication
1887 _ 1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY)
1923 _ Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen
1932 _ 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
1937 _ DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
1950 _ Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1956 _ Britain abolishes the death penalty
1992 _ Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform