History for February 18

History for February 18 - On-This-Day.com 

Jack Palance 1919

• 1564 - The artist Michelanglelo died in Rome.
• 1841 - The first continuous filibuster in the U.S. Senate began. It lasted until March 11th.
• 1885 - Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published in the U.S. for the first time.
• 1930 - Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane.
• 1930 - The planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. The discovery was made as a result of photographs taken in January 1930.
• 1970 - The Chicago Seven defendants were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention.
• 2001 - FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and accused of spying for Russia for more than 15 years. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.