Today is Tuesday, February 28, the 59th day of 2012. There are 307 days left in the year.
1066 ― Westminster Abbey opens
1646 ― Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church
1692 ― Salem witch hunt begins
1749 ― First edition of Henry Fielding’s' ``Tom Jones" published
1917 ― Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
1933 ― Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
1935 ― Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers
1943 ― ``Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
1981 ― Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1986 ― European Economic Community sign ``Special Act" for free trade