In the present day is Wednesday, Feb. 18, the forty ninth day of 2026. There are 316 days left within the yr.
In the present day in historical past:
On Feb. 18, 2001, veteran FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested, accused of spying for Russia. (Hanssen later pleaded responsible to espionage and tried espionage and was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole; he died in jail in 2023.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1885, Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was revealed within the U.S.
In 1930, the dwarf planet Pluto was found by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
In 1970, the “Chicago Seven” defendants had been discovered not responsible of conspiring to incite riots on the 1968 Democratic Nationwide Conference; 5 had been convicted of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968 (these convictions had been later reversed).
In 1983, 13 individuals had been shot to dying at a playing membership in Seattle’s Chinatown in what turned generally known as the Wah Mee Bloodbath. (Two males had been convicted of the killings and had been sentenced to life in jail; a 3rd was discovered responsible of theft and assault and served 28 years in jail earlier than being deported to Hong Kong in 2014.)
In 1994, within the ultimate race of his Olympic profession on the Winter Olympic Video games in Lillehammer, Norway, U.S. speedskater Dan Jansen broke the world report within the 1,000 meters, profitable the gold medal.
In 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash within the ultimate lap of the Daytona 500; he was 49.
In 2003, an arson assault involving two South Korean subway trains within the metropolis of Daegu claimed practically 200 lives.
In 2013, some $42 million (40 million euros) price of diamonds and different gems had been stolen at Brussels’ worldwide airport by eight gunmen who minimize by way of a fringe fence, drove onto the tarmac and took the gem stones as they had been being transferred from an armored automotive to a airplane sure for Switzerland.
In 2021, the NASA rover Perseverance efficiently landed on Mars, the place it continues to discover the planet’s floor.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Artist-singer Yoko Ono is 93.
- Restaurateur-TV host Prue Leith (TV: “The Nice British Baking Present”) is 86.
- Singer Irma Thomas is 85.
- Musician Dennis DeYoung is 79.
- Actor Cybill Shepherd is 76.
- Actor John Travolta is 72.
- TV character Vanna White is 69.
- Actor Matt Dillon is 62.
- Rapper-music government Dr. Dre is 61.
- Actor Molly Ringwald is 58.
- Actor Ike Barinholtz is 49.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Dwight Freeney is 46.
- Musician Regina Spektor is 46.
- Actor Kylie Rogers is 22.