This Day In History

February 18

St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous - - Virgin

1861  Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederat States of American in Montgomery, Alabama.
1885  Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the US.
1908  US postage stamps sold for the very first time.... they  were only cost a penny.
1930  The 9th planet of Pluto was discovered.
1953  The movie which started the 3-D trend in the 1950's, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.
1970  The Chicago Seven were found innocent of conspiracy to incite riots at the 1968 Democrat convention in Chicago.

1933  Singer, artist and John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono born.
1950  Actress Cybill Shepherd best known for her TV show Moonlighting and her own.
1954  Actor John Travolta

1959

• Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

• My Happiness - Connie Francis

• Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

• All American Boy - Bill Parsons

1968

• Love Is Blue by Paul Mauriat

• Theme from Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick

• I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

• Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill

1977

• New Kid in Town - Eagles

• Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

• Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor

• Near You by George Jones & Tammy Wynette

1986  

• How Will I Know - Whitney Houston

• Living in America - James Brown

• When the Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean

• Hurt - Juice Newton

1996  If You're Not In It For Love - Shania Twain

1998  Little Red Rodeo - Colin Raye

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