Opinion - The Korea Times

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Today is Monday, February 25, the 56th day of 2008. There are 310 days left in the year. 1803 _ 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states 1804 _ Jefferson nominated for President at Democratic-Republican caucus 1907 _ George Bernard Shaw's ``Philanderer" premieres in London 1926 _ Kuomintang declares war on government, warlords 1932 _ Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship 1945 _ U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo 1954 _ Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier 1956 _ Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 1963 _ Beatles release their first single in US ``Please, please me" 1988 _ South Korea adopts constitution

Feb 24, 2008

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008

Today is Saturday, February 23, the 54th day of 2008. There are 312 days left in the year. 303 _ Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians 1455 _ Johannes Gutenberg prints first book, the Bible (estimated date) 1660 _ Charles XI becomes king of Sweden 1689 _ Dutch Prince William III proclaimed king of England 1804 _ Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII 1861 _ By popular referendum, Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the U.S. 1861 _ President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., to take office 1886 _ Aluminum manufacturing process developed 1886 _ Tsjaikovski's symphony ``Manfred" premieres 1898 _ In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his ``J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1904 _ Control of Panam's Canal Zone acquired by the U.S. for $10 million 1916 _ Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin 1919 _ Benito Mussolini founds the Facist Party of Italy 1956 _ Russian party leader Khrushchev at

Feb 22, 2008

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Today is Friday, February 22, the 53rd day of 2008. There are 313 days left in the year. 0057 B.C. _ Origin of Vikrama Samvat Era (India) 1349 _ Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland 1495 _ French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown 1784 _ First U.S. ship to trade with China, ``Empress of China", sails from New York 1876 _ Johns Hopkins University opens 1900 _ Hawaii became a U.S. territory 1907 _ First cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1945 _ Arab League forms (Cairo) 1995 _ Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) 1998 _ ``King & I" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances

Feb 21, 2008

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Today is Thursday, February 21, the 52nd day of 2008. There are 314 days left in the year. 1173 _ Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury 1431 _ England begins trial against Joan of Arc 1795 _ Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1842 _ First known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C. 1916 _ Battle of Verdun (WWI) begins (1 million casualties) 1922 _ Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1947 _ First instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC 1952 _ Liz Taylor's second marriage (Michael Wilding) 1972 _ Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China 1977 _ 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City performances

Feb 20, 2008

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Today is Wednesday, February 20, the 51st day of 2008. There are 315 days left in the year. 1673 _ First recorded wine auction held (London) 1811 _ Austria declares bankruptcy 1816 _ Rossini's opera ``The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome 1941 _ First transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland 1944 _ Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers 1975 _ Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1991 _ 33rd Grammy Awards Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey 1994 _ Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals 1997 _ San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9 million, 2 year contract 1998 _ US movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)

Feb 19, 2008

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Today is Tuesday, February 19, the 50th day of 2008. There are 316 days left in the year. 0356 _ Emperor Constantinus II shuts all heathen temples 1861 _ Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom 1881 _ Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages 1941 _ Nazis raid Koco Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation 1942 _ FDR orders detention and internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans 1944 _ 823 British bombers attack Berlin 1952 _ French offensive at Hanoi 1974 _ First American Music Award 1986 _ USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit 1995 _ Linford Christie runs world record 200 meter indoor (20.25 seconds)

Feb 18, 2008

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Today is Monday, February 18, the 49th day of 2008. There are 317 days left in the year. 1129 _ Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II 1503 _ Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) 1688 _ Quakers conduct first formal protest of slavery in Germantown PA 1885 _ Mark Twain's ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published 1932 _ Japan declares Manchuria independent 1965 _ Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1970 _ U.S. President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine" 1979 _ Snow falls in the Sahara Desert 1995 _ Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) and Tommy Lee wed 1996 _ Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya

Feb 17, 2008

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2008

Today is Saturday, February 16, the 47th day of 2008. There are 319 days left in the year. 0374 _ Ninth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1349 _ Jews are expelled from Burgsdorf Switzerland 1840 _ American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica 1913 _ President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico 1918 _ Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day) 1961 _ China uses its first nuclear reactor 1968 _ Elvis Presley receives gold record for ``How Great Thou Art" 1989 _ Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market 1989 _ Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage 1991 _ U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding 1992 _ Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's No.32 uniform

Feb 15, 2008

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Today is Friday, February 15, the 46th day of 2008. There are 320 days left in the year. 399 _ Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death 1637 _ Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor 1689 _ German Parliament declares war on France 1879 _ Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court 1906 _ British Labor Party organizes 1933 _ President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt 1948 _ Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan 1978 _ Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for world heavyweight crown 1995 _ Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 1995 _ Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion

Feb 14, 2008

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Today is Thursday, February 14, the 45th day of 2008. There are 321 days left in the year. 1076 _ Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV 1349 _ Two thousand Jews burned at the stake in Strasbourg France 1920 _ League of Women Voters forms in Chicago 1929 _ St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago IL, seven gangsters killed 1936 _ National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago 1946 _ Bank of England nationalized 1950 _ USSR and China sign peace treaty 1978 _ First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments 1989 _ Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopal disaster 1989 _ World's first satellite Skyphone opens

Feb 13, 2008

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