TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On this day:

1564 - The artist Michelanglelo died in Rome.

1793 - Reverend Richard Johnson commences the first church school in Sydney.

1874 - Explorer Giles is nearly killed by one of his horses.

1885 - Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published.

1930 - The planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. The discovery was made as a result of photographs taken in January 1930.

1952 - Greece and Turkey became members of NATO.

1998 - In Russia, money shortages resulted in the shutting down of three plants that produced nuclear weapons.

2003 - In South Korea, at least 120 people were killed when a man lit a fire on a subway train.

2005 - Fox hunting is banned in England. Birthdays

Mary Tudor 1516 - The Queen of England known as “Bloody Mary”

Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta 1745

Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848 Glass maker and interior designer

Enzo Ferrari 1898

Billy deWolfe 1907

Pee Wee King 1914

Bill Cullen 1920

Jack Palance 1919 Helen Gurley Brown 1922 Author, editor

George Kennedy 1925 Actor

Jim McElreath 1928 Gahan Wilson 1930

Toni Morrison 1931 - Author Milos Forman 1932

Yoko Ono 1933

Milos Forman 1932 - Director Mary Ure 1933

Irma Thomas 1941 Cybill Shepperd 1950 - Actress John Travolta 1954 - Actor Vanna White 1957 - Game show host

Greta Scacchi 1960 - Actress Matt Dillon 1964

Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young) 1965 - Rapper, music producer, actor

Molly Ringwald 1968 Actress

Tommy Scott (Space) 1968 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1974 Tennis player