History for February 18

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

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• 1564 - The artist Michelanglelo died in Rome.
• 1841 - The first continuous filibuster in the U.S. Senate began. It lasted until March 11th.
• 1861 - In Montgomery, AL, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the President of the Confederate States.
• 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.
• 2001 - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the Daytona 500 race.