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February 18
Born on February 18? You're a Aquarius with the Amethyst birthstone.
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February 18 Zodiac Sign
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
Element: Air
progressiveoriginalindependenthumanitarianinventive
Birthstone
Amethyst
Birth Flower
Violet
Season
Winter
Numerology 2
A number of partnership, balance, and quiet diplomacy.
February 18: This Day in History
- 1861— Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1885— Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' was published in the United States, becoming a defining novel of American literature.
- 1930— Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
- 1949— Israel was admitted to the United Nations following its declaration of independence and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- 1979— Snow fell in the Sahara Desert near Ain Sefra, Algeria, for the only recorded time in modern history.
Famous Birthdays on February 18
- Toni Morrison (1931) — Nobel Prize-winning novelist, 'Beloved'
- John Travolta (1954) — actor, Saturday Night Fever and Grease
- Yoko Ono (1933) — artist and widow of John Lennon
- Matt Dillon (1964) — actor known for 'Crash' and 'There's Something About Mary'
- Dr. Dre (1965) — hip-hop producer and rapper
Did You Know? February 18 Fun Facts
- Pluto, discovered on February 18, 1930, was classified as a planet for 76 years before being reclassified as a 'dwarf planet' in 2006.
- Snow in the Sahara on February 18, 1979, lasted only 30 minutes — but it was the first recorded snowfall in that region in living memory.
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