Monday, February 18, 2013

This was 49th day of the year and 316 days remained in the year.


February 18 Birthdays

Toni Morrison
1931–, American Author.

Louis Comfort Tiffany
artist, decorative designer (1848)

 Sholem Aleichem
author (1859)

 Charles Michael Schwab
steel magnate (1862)

 Helen Gurley Brown
editor, author (1922)

 George Kennedy
actor (1925)

 John Travolta
actor (1954)

 Matt Dillon
actor (1964)

 Molly Ringwald
actress (1968)

February 18 in History

1546

Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, died.

1564

Michelangelo Buonarotti, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, died.

1885

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published.

1930

Pluto, the ninth planet in the solar system, was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

1953

The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.

2001

FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia.

2001

Dale Earnhardt, Sr., died from injuries sustained at the Daytona 500.

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