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February 18

4 sourced moments from February 18 in history: Michelangelo dies in Rome at 88 (1564); Huckleberry Finn reaches American readers — and gets banned (1885); Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930, plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on February 18

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1977 Space · Space Exploration

Enterprise first flew in 1977, riding on a 747's back

The shuttle Enterprise's 'first flight' has three dates in 1977: a piggyback ride in February, a crewed one in June, and a free glide in August.

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1930 Space · Solar System

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930

A 24-year-old Kansan found Pluto by blinking two glass plates, and it was not Percival Lowell's famous prediction that led him there.

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1885 Culture & Arts · Literature

Huckleberry Finn reaches American readers — and gets banned

Mark Twain's vernacular masterpiece arrived in the U.S. in 1885 and was barred from a library within a month.

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1564 Culture & Arts · Art

Michelangelo dies in Rome at 88

The towering Renaissance master died in his Rome home in 1564, but his body was secretly smuggled to Florence for burial.

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