On this day: February 18
Published On: Feb 17 2013 04:45:58 AM CST
Updated On: Feb 18 2013 01:00:00 AM CST
Jefferson Davis becomes the president of the Confederacy, Pluto is discovered, a cow flies, the first Church of Scientology is formed, the Chicago Seven are found not guilty, and Dale Earnhardt dies at the Daytona 500, all on this day.