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.
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1978: The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller, a U.S. Navy Communications Specialist. The race, which includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon 26.2-mile run, originally ended at Aloha Tower (pictured) in Honolulu.
