On this day: February 18

POSTED: 02:45 AM PST Feb 17, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 17, 2013 

Jefferson Davis becomes the president of the Confederacy, Pluto is discovered, a cow flies, the first Church of Scientology is formed, the Chicago Seven are found not guilty, and Dale Earnhardt dies at the Daytona 500, all on this day.

OTD February 18 - space shuttle Enterprise
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NASA

1977: The space shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747 to measure structural loads, ground handling and braking characteristics.

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