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