On this day in sports: February 18

1. 1906 Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels. Source
2. 1979 Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag. Source
3. 1996 Born: Tyler Dorsey, American-Greek basketball player Source
4. 2001 Died: Dale Earnhardt, American racer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (born 1951) Source
5. 2001 Born: Jaime Jaquez Jr., American basketball player Source

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