{"id":36742,"date":"2018-02-18T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=36742"},"modified":"2018-02-16T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:35:32","slug":"this-day-in-history-pluto-is-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=36742","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History — Pluto Is Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 18<\/h3>\n

1546
\nMartin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, died.<\/p>\n

1564
\nMichelangelo Buonarotti, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, died.<\/p>\n

1885
\nThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published.<\/p>\n

1930
\nPluto, the ninth planet in the solar system, was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.<\/p>\n

1953
\nThe first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.<\/p>\n

2001
\nFBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia.<\/p>\n

Birthdays<\/h3>\n

Toni Morrison
\n1931\u2013, American Author.<\/p>\n

Louis Comfort Tiffany
\nartist, decorative designer (1848)<\/p>\n

Sholem Aleichem
\nauthor (1859)<\/p>\n

Charles Michael Schwab
\nsteel magnate (1862)<\/p>\n

Helen Gurley Brown
\neditor, author (1922)<\/p>\n

George Kennedy
\nactor (1925)<\/p>\n

John Travolta
\nactor (1954)<\/p>\n

Matt Dillon
\nactor (1964)<\/p>\n

Molly Ringwald
\nactress (1968)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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