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On This Day in History: February 18, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton
AP
February 18, 2016

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's party lost control of the legislature.

The world prepared for the debut of Dolce & Gabbana’s 2008-09 winter collection on Day two of Milan Fashion Week.

A slapshot shattered San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabakov’s facemask. He returned to the game after getting stitches.

The Clinton campaign accused Barack Obama of plagiarism, "the nastiest turn yet in the Democratic presidential nomination," according to Politico’s Mike Allen.

[Clinton communications director Howard] Wolfson said: "Sen. Obama is running on the strength of his rhetoric and the strength of his promises and, as we have seen in the last couple of days, he’s breaking his promises and his rhetoric isn’t his own."

"When an author plagiarizes from another author there is damage done to two different parties. One is to the person he plagiarized from. The other is to the reader," said Wolfson.

Clinton also stumped in Wisconsin, regaling the mostly-white crowd with tales of her hunting prowess.

"I remember standing in the cold water. It was so cold, you know, at first light. I was with a bunch of my friends, all men.

"And they all were playing a trick on me, and said, 'We're not going to shoot, you shoot,' 'cause you know what they wanted to do. They wanted to embarrass me.

"So the pressure was on. So I shot, and I shot a banded duck."

Her idea was to reassure gun owners that she's all for the Second Amendment, but it also could help shore up her support with working-class white men.

Acclaimed band destroyer Yoko Ono turned 75, Be Cool star John Travolta turned 54, and overpriced headphone entrepreneur Dr. Dre turned 43.

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