SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Today is Saturday, February 18, the 49th day of 2012. There are 317 days left in the year.

3102 B.C. ― Origin of Kali Era (India)

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

1678 ― John Bunyan's ``The Pilgrim's Progress" is published

1841 ― First continuous filibuster in U.S. Senate began, lasting until March 11

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

1927 ― U.S. and Canada begin diplomatic relations

1967 ― Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six straight major leaguers

1968 ― British adopt year-round daylight savings time

1970 ― U.S. President Nixon launches ``Nixon-doctrine"

1979 ― Snow falls in the Sahara Desert