Highlights of this day in history: “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is first published; Jefferson Davis is sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America; ‘Chicago Seven’ defendants in court; Dale Earnhardt, Senior dies. (Feb. 18)
February 18th, 1885:
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