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2A Daily News – Tuesday, February 18, 2014 By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2014. There are 316 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 1564, artist Michelangelo Buonarroti died in Rome, just weeks before his 89th birthday. On this date: In 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala. In 1885, Mark Twain's ''Adven- tures of Huckleberry Finn'' was published in the U.S. for the first time. In 1930, photographic evi- dence of Pluto (now designated a ''dwarf planet'') was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. In 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition opened on Treasure Island in San Francis- co. In 1953, ''Bwana Devil,'' the movie that heralded the 3D fad of the 1950s, had its New York open- ing. In 1960, the 8th Winter Olympic Games were formally opened in Squaw Valley, by Vice President Richard Nixon. In 1970, the ''Chicago Seven'' defendants were found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national conven- tion; five were convicted of violat- ing the Anti-Riot Act of 1968 (those convictions were later reversed). In 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash at the Daytona 500; he was 49. Ten years ago: Howard Dean's quest for the presidency ended as the Democrat, winless in 17 con- tests, abandoned his bid. Five years ago: President Barack Obama launched a $75 billion foreclosure rescue plan aimed at saving homes. Today's Birthdays: Actor George Kennedy is 89. Former Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is 87. Author Toni Morrison is 83. Movie director Milos (MEE'-lohsh) For- man is 82. Singer Yoko Ono is 81. Singer-songwriter Bobby Hart is 75. Singer Irma Thomas is 73. Singer Herman Santiago (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) is 73. Singer Dennis DeYoung is 67. Actress Sinead Cusack is 66. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 64. Singer Juice Newton is 62. Singer Randy Crawford is 62. Rock musi- cian Robbie Bachman is 61. Actor John Travolta is 60. Game show host Vanna White is 57. Actor Matt Dillon is 50. Rapper Dr. Dre is 49. Actress Molly Ringwald is 46. Thought for Today: ''The lack of a sense of history is the damna- tion of the modern world.'' — Robert Penn Warren, American author, poet and critic (1905- Today in History