On This Very Day
February 18th
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- 1519
Hernán Cortés sets sail from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men.
- 1804
Ohio legislature approves the establishment of Ohio University at Athens, the first in Ohio.
- 1861
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes the first King of a unified Italy.
- 1885
Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is published in the US.
- 1977
Rock band KISS performs their first concert at Madison Square Garden, NYC. View Post →
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- 2013
Diamonds worth $50 million are stolen in an armed robbery at Brussels Airport.
- 1978
Hawaii hosts the first Ironman Triathlon.
- 1977
The Space Shuttle Enterprise takes off on its maiden flight mounted on a Boeing 747.
- 1930
Clyde W. Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
- 1564
Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist, dies.
- 1294
Kublai Khan, Mongolian Emperor, dies.
- 1841
First continuous filibuster in the U.S. Senate begins, lasting until March 11th.
- 2001
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., dies in a crash during the Daytona 500.
- 2003
Over 120 people killed in a subway fire in South Korea, ignited by an arsonist.
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