Other cool things that happened on February 18th:
1885 - Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
1930 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
2001 -Auto racing star Dale Earnhardt dies from injuries suffered in a crash at the Daytona 500.

Birthdays:
1516 - Queen Mary I of England
1919 - Jack Palance, American actor
1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
1944 - Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
1950 - John Hughes, American director
1954 - John Travolta, American actor
1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
1968 - Molly Ringwald, American actress
1983 - Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
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