TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 18TH

1546-Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, died.

1564-Michelangelo Buonarotti, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, died.

1885-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published.

1930-Pluto, the ninth planet in the solar system, was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

1953-The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.

2001-FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia.

2001-Dale Earnhardt, Sr., died from injuries sustained at the Daytona 500.