Births:

John Travolta
Cybil Shepard
Yoko Ono
Molly Ringwold
Dr Dre
Matt Dillon
Jack Palance
Regina Spektor

Deaths:

Dale Earnhardt
Johnny Paycheck

Notable Events on Feb 18

1878 – The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
1885 – Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden “flight” while sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
1983 – Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington, said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in American history.
2001 – Dale Earnhardt is killed in a crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500, which was won by Michael Waltrip, driving in a car that Earnhardt owned. His son, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second.