It happened on a… February 18

Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins Canadian elections.

The space shuttle Enterprise went on its maiden “flight” sitting on top of a Boeing 747.

Sonja Henie wins her sixth straight World Women’s Figure Skating Championship; following her win, she retires to Hollywood to become an actress.

Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.

Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in the U.S. for the first time.