February 18

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

This Day in Humor • Calendar: Pick a Day in Humor History   Related This Day in   Humor Resources • Funny People • Arts and Entertainment Humor  Humor Today • This Day in Humor • Entertainment News • Breaking News Satire • Jokes • Late-Night Comedy • Sounds • TV • Movies • Video/DVD • Comic Strips • Funny Site of the Day   Latest Laughs • Recent Articles • Humor: Most Wanted • The Obligatory Email Joke

1885: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was published.

Born 1907: Billy De Wolfe, prissy comic character actor, "Tea for Two" (1950), "The Imogene Coca Show" (1954-55), "That Girl" (1966-68), "The Doris Day Show" (1969-73). Died 1974.

Born 1919: Jack Palance, tough guy actor, won an Academy Award for his image-spoofing role as Curly in "City Slickers" (1991).

Born 1931: Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator of "B.C." and "Wizard of Id" (with Brant Parker).

Born 1950: Cybill Shepherd, actress, "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972), "Moonlighting" (1985-89), "Cybill" (1995-98).

Born 1950: John Hughes, screenwriter, director, producer, "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" (1987), "Uncle Buck" (1989).

Born 1954: John Travolta, actor, "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975-79), "Grease" (1978), "Look Who's Talking" (1989).

Born 1964: Matt Dillon, actor, "Little Darlings" (1980), "The Flamingo Kid" (1984), "To Die For" (1995), "One Night at McCool's" (2001).

Born 1968: Molly Ringwald, actress, "The Facts of Life" (1979-80), "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "Pretty in Pink" (1986).

Copyright ©2003 Mike Durrett. All rights reserved.