Today is Friday, February 28, the 59th day of 2014. There are 306 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
1759 — Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1854 — Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wis.
1922 — Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1935 — Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers
1943 — “Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan
1986 — European Economic Community sign “Special Act” for Europe free trade