UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC
Today is the 49th day of 2013 and the 60th day of winter.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1861, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
In 1885, Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published.
In 1930, astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Planet X, the dwarf planet later renamed Pluto.
In 2001, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), artist/designer; Jack Palance (1919-2006), actor; Toni Morrison (1931- ), writer; Yoko Ono (1933- ), singer/performance artist; John Hughes (1950-2009), filmmaker; John Travolta (1954- ), actor; Vanna White (1957- ), TV personality; Matt Dillon (1964- ), actor; Dr. Dre (1965- ), rapper/record producer; Jillian Michaels (1974- ), TV personality.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2001, NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. was fatally injured in a multicar crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500.
TODAY'S QUOTE: " At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough." -- Toni Morrison
TODAY'S FACT: Snow has fallen on the Sahara Desert only twice in recorded weather history: on this date in 1979 and on Jan. 17, 2012.
TODAY'S NUMBER: 5th -- place held by "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" on the American Library Association's list of books whose availability in schools and libraries was most frequently challenged in the 1990s. For the decade ending in 2009, it had dropped to 14th place.
TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).