Today is Monday, February 13, the 44th day of 2012. There are 322 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
1777 ― Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
1832 ― First appearance of cholera at London
1861 ― Abraham Lincoln declared President
1867 ― Johann Strauss' ``Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna
1924 ― King Tut's tomb opened
1959 ― Barbie doll goes on sale
1990 ― U.S., England, France and England give Germany the OK to reunify
1991 ― U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334