Daily Archives: February 18, 2021

Stock car star Dale Earnhardt Sr. killed on last lap of Daytona 500 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 2001)

2000s


Video: 'The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt'

(Sunday, February 18, 2001, Earnhardt was pronounced dead at 5:16 p.m. EST) — Stock car racing’s greatest current star and one of its most popular and celebrated figures, Dale Earnhardt Sr., crashed and was killed today after he made a characteristically bold lunge for better position on the last turn of the last lap of the sport’s premier event, the Daytona 500, in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was 49.
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Jefferson Davis sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1861)

1860s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Ken Burns’ Civil War, ep1 part 2-3' (Feb. 18, 1861, at 29:18)

(Monday, February 18, 1861, approximately 1:00 p.m. local time) — Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as provisional president of the Confederate States of America today on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery before an audience estimated at ten thousand people.
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