@rh18bold:Today in History

Today is Friday, February 12, the 43rd day of 2010. There are 322 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who'd claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason.

In 1809, Naturalist Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Kentucky.

In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded.

In 1999, the US Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice; Clinton told Americans he was "profoundly sorry" for what he'd said and done in the Monica Lewinsky affair that triggered it all.

Thought for Today

"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason." — Ashley Montagu, English anthropologist (1905-1999).