MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Today is Monday, February 18, the 49th day of 2008. There are 317 days left in the year.

1129 _ Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II

1503 _ Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)

1688 _ Quakers conduct first formal protest of slavery in Germantown PA

1885 _ Mark Twain's ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published

1932 _ Japan declares Manchuria independent

1965 _ Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1970 _ U.S. President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"

1979 _ Snow falls in the Sahara Desert

1995 _ Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) and Tommy Lee wed

1996 _ Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya