The Gazette of Really Small News

1562: In Wassy, France, 63 Huguenots are murdered in a massacre that begins the French Wars of Religion. 1692: The Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials begin. Twenty people, including 14 women, will be executed by officials of what is now recognized as a Puritan theocracy. 1910: Ninety-six people die when an avalanche buries a passenger train in King County, Washington.

Sunrise on the horizon off Ocean Grove.

A tree thought to be a silver maple blooms on a street in Ocean Grove. Spring begins Tuesday, March 20.

Ocean Grove's North End pavilion at sunrise, Tuesday, Feb. 27.

1887: Russian composer Alexander Borodin dies. 1892: French designed Louis Vuitton dies. 2010: More than 500 people die in an earthquake in central Chile.

A pair of jeans enjoys the sun and unseasonable warmth in Ocean Grove on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The temperature reached 77 shortly after 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The old Asbury Park steam plant, left, rises from the fog on Ocean Grove's North End boardwalk at dawn, Wednesday, Feb. 21.

Earth-moving equipment used for building the new north section of the Ocean Grove boardwalk wait at the beachfront for work to start on Wednesday Feb. 21. The project reportedly costs $1 million and will be finished in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

Wesley Lake in the fog, February 21, 2018. Wesley 

1542: In England, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, is executed for adultery. 1692: In Glen Coe, Scotland, an estimated 80 members of the Macdonald clan are murdered for not pledging loyalty to William III, also known as William of Orange, of the monarchical duo of William and Mary, who ascended the throne by proclamation three years earlier in a peaceful political coup commonly known as the Glorious Revolution. 1983: In Turin, Italy, 64 people die in a fire at a movie theater. 2001: Four hundred people die in an earthquake in El Salvador.

The moment before sunrise, Ocean Grove, Feb. 13.