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February 18

This Day in History

6 historical events

National Events (6)

2001

FBI agent Robert Hanssen arrested

Veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia over a 22-year period

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2001

FBI agent Robert Hanssen arrested

Veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia over a 22-year period

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1930

Pluto discovered

American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, working at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, discovered Pluto on this date (by comparing telescopic photographs)

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1930

Pluto discovered

American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, working at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, discovered Pluto on this date (by comparing telescopic photographs)

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1885

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published

Mark Twain’s classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States for the first time (after a UK release a few months earlier)

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1885

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published

Mark Twain’s classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States for the first time (after a UK release a few months earlier)

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