On This Day: February 18

5 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. 1970 The 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'
3. 1979 Richard 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.
4. 1994 After 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)
5. 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)