Today is Wednesday, February 16, the 47th day of 2011. 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
1887 ― First newspaper convention (Rochester, N.Y.)
1923 ― Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen
1933 ― Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis/communists
1956 ― Britain abolishes the death penalty
1959 ― Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1961 ― China uses its first nuclear reactor
1980 ― Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
1989 ― Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market
1992 ― Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's No. 32 uniform