Today is Saturday, February 23, the 54th day of 2013. There are 311 days left in the year.
303 ― Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians
1455 ― Johannes Gutenberg prints first book, the Bible (estimated date)
1804 ― Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII
1861 ― President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. to take office
1886 ― London Times publishes world's first classified ad
1898 ― In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his “J'accuse” letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus
1905 ― Rotary Club International established by four men in Chicago
1919 ― Benito Mussolini founds the Facist party of Italy
1968 ― Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBAer to score 25,000 points
1997 ― Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly”