On This Day: February 18

13 verified moments happened on February 18. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1930🪐 Clyde Tombaugh, comparing photographic plates at Lowell Observatory, spots a faint moving dot and discovers Pluto.History · Source: Britannica; EarthSky (Feb 18 1930)
2. 1930🔭 Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto by comparing photographic plates at Lowell Observatory in Arizona.USA 250 · Source: EarthSky / HISTORY.com, Pluto discovered (Feb 18 1930)
3. 1962Fireball Roberts dominates the Daytona 500 from the pole, leading most of a race run entirely without a caution.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia '1962 Daytona 500' (Feb 18 1962)
4. 1970The Miami Dolphins hire Don Shula as head coach and general managerPro Football · Source: MiamiDolphins.com '50 Years Later: Dolphins Hire Don Shula' (Joe Robbie named Shula Feb 18, 1970); DolphinsTalk 'February 18, 1970'
5. 1979Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 after leaders Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison crash on the final lap, capping the first flag-to-flag nationally televised 500-mile stock car race.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, '1979 Daytona 500' (February 18, 1979); Petty won after the Yarborough-Allison last-lap crash.
6. 1979The Daytona 500's first flag-to-flag telecast ends in a last-lap crash and an infield fightStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “1979 Daytona 500”; NASCAR.com
7. 1990Derrike Cope steals the Daytona 500 when leader Dale Earnhardt cuts a tire on the final lapStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “1990 Daytona 500” — Feb 18, 1990; Derrike Cope won after the leader cut a tire
8. 1994After years of heartbreak, speed skater Dan Jansen wins 1,000-meter gold in Lillehammer in world-record time.Sports · Source: Olympics.com, 'Jansen ends a long and painful quest for gold' (Feb 18 1994)
9. 2001Michael Waltrip wins his first career Cup race, the Daytona 500, driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, "2001 Daytona 500"
10. 2007Kevin Harvick beats Mark Martin to the line by two hundredths of a second in a Daytona 500 photo finish as cars wreck and flip behind them.Stock Car Racing · Source: Motorsport.com + Wikipedia
11. 2018Austin Dillon wins the Daytona 500 in the famous No. 3 once driven by Dale EarnhardtStock Car Racing · Source: NASCAR.com — Austin Dillon won the Daytona 500 in the No. 3, Feb 18, 2018
12. 2021🔴 NASA's Perseverance rover lands in Jezero Crater on Mars to hunt for signs of ancient microbial life.Technology · Source: NASA Mars; Wikipedia (Feb 18 2021)
13. 2022🧠 Office workers surgically split work and personal memories in Ben Stiller's unsettling Apple TV+ corporate sci-fi mystery.TV · Source: https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2021/12/apple-tv-unveils-teaser-trailer-for-new-workplace-thriller-severance-from-director-and-executive-producer-ben-stiller-and-sets-global-premiere-date-for-february-18-2022/