Today is Thursday, February 10, the 41st day of 2011. There are 324 days left in the year.
1635 ― Academie Francaise is founded in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
1749 ― 10th (final) volume of Fielding's ``Tom Jones" is published
1824 ― Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
1855 ― U.S. laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship
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
1933 ― Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
1956 ― Elvis Presley records ``Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1974 ― Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1996 ― IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov