Today in History - History - February 18th

1885Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

1901Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons.

1989Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am

1919Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals

1814The Battle of Montereau; victory of French under Napoleon Bonaparte against Austrians and Württembergers under the King of Württemberg.

19752nd American Music Award: Olivia Newton-John & John Denver win

1879Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty

1991Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0

1977George Harrison releases "True Love"

1856The American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.

1933Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer and artist

1965Dr. Dre, [Andre Romelle Young], Compton, California, American rapper and record producer

1922Football player George Halas (27) weds Minnie Bushing

1946MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (35) weds heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia

1937Actress Mary Astor (30) weds film editor Manuel del Campo (23) in Yuma, Arizona

1977Actor Peter Sellers (51) weds actress Lynne Frederick (22)

1973Frank Costello, American gangster, dies of a heart attack at 82

1967Robert Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies of throat cancer at 62

1546Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62

1587Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]