In 1885, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, was published.

In 1919, Jack Palance was born.

In 1922, Helen Gurley Brown was born.

In 1930, Pluto was named the ninth planet, that title has since been revoked.

In 1933, Yoko Ono was born.

In 1945, Don’t Fence Me In, by Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters, topped the charts.

In 1952, Juice Newton was born.

In 1954, John Travolta was born.

In 1964, Matt Dillon was born.

In 1968, Molly Ringwald was born.

In 2001, Dale Earnhardt died in the final lap of the Daytona 500.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease . So much information you may need some of the best diet pills just to digest it all.

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