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18 February is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 316 days remaining (317 in Leap Year s).
Events
- 3102 BC - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga - Lord Krishna is believed by Hare Krishna s and Hindu s to have left the planet on this day.
- signs a ten-year Truce with Al-Kamil , regaining Jerusalem , Nazareth , and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the Papacy .
- 1478 - George , Duke Of Clarence , convicted of Treason against his older brother Edward IV Of England , is privately Executed in the Tower Of London .
- 1685 - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France 's claim to Texas .
- 1797 - Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby .
- 1814 - Battle Of Montereau occurs.
- 1841 - The first ongoing Filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11 .
- 1856 - The American Party (''Know-Nothings'') convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore .
- 1861 - In Montgomery, Alabama , Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States Of America .
- 1861 - With the Italian Unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont , Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King Of Italy .
- 1865 - In the U.S. , Delaware voters reject the 13th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution , and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12 , 1901 .)
- 1878 - The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico .
- 1885 - Mark Twain 's '' Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn '' is published for the first time.
- 1911 - The first official flight with Air Mail takes place in Allahabad , British India , when Henri Pequet , a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini , about 10 km away.
- 1913 - Raymond Poincaré becomes President of France .
- 1929 - First Academy Awards are announced.
- 1930 - While studying photographs taken in January , Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto .
- 1930 - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first Cow to fly in an Airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
- 1932 - The Empire Of Japan declares Manzhouguo (obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria ) independent from China .
- 1943 - The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
- 1943 - Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast Speech .
- 1948 - Eamon De Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland .
- 1953 - The first 3D Film , '' Bwana Devil '', opens.
- 1953 - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz sign an $8,000,000 contract to continue the '' I Love Lucy '' Television Series through 1955 .
- 1965 - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom .
- 1970 - The Chicago Eight are found not guilty of conspiring to incite Riot s at the 1968 Democratic Party national convention.
- 1972 - The California Supreme Court invalidates the state's Death Penalty and commutes the sentences of all Death Row inmates to life in prison.
- 1977 - The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747 .
- 1983 - Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington , said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in American history.
- 1991 - The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington Station and Victoria Station in London .
- 1998 - Two White Separatist s are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a Biological Attack on New York City Subway s.
- 2003 - Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu Subway Fire in South Korea
- 2004 - Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight Train carrying Sulfur , Petrol and Fertiliser catches fire and explodes.
- 2005 - The United Kingdom law banning Fox Hunting , Hare Coursing and other sports which kill wild Mammal s is enforced from this date.
Births
- 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu , Bengali saint, Bhakti Yoga developer
- 1516 - Queen Mary I Of England (d. 1558 )
- 1530 - Uesugi Kenshin , Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578 )
- 1559 - Isaac Casaubon , French classical scholar (d. 1614 )
- 1602 - Per Brahe (the Younger) , Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1680 )
- 1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon , English statesman and historian (d. 1674 )
- 1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna , Swedish statesman (d. 1680 )
- 1642 - Marie Champmeslé , French actress (d. 1698 )
- 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel De Saint-Pierre , French writer (d. 1743 )
- 1745 - Alessandro Volta , Italian physicist (d. 1827 )
- 1835 - César Cui , Lithuanian composer (d. 1918 )
- 1838 - Ernst Mach , Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1916 )
- 1846 - Wilson Barrett , English actor and playwright (d. 1904 )
- 1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany , American glass artist (d. 1933 )
- 1849 - Alexander Kielland , Norwegian author (d. 1906 )
- 1859 - Sholom Aleichem , Russian Yiddish humorist and author (d. 1916 )
- 1871 - Harry Brearley , English inventor (d. 1948 )
- 1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis , Greek writer (d. 1957 )
- 1884 - Andrew Watson Myles , Canadian politician (d. 1970 )
- 1890 - Edward Arnold , American actor (d. 1956 )
- 1890 - Adolphe Menjou , American actor (d. 1963 )
- 1892 - Wendell Willkie , U.S. Presidential candidate (d. 1944 )
- 1896 - Andre Breton , French writer (d. 1966 )
- 1898 - Enzo Ferrari , Italian race car driver and manufacturer (d. 1988 )
- 1898 - Luis Muñoz Marín , Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (d. 1980 )
- 1901 - Reginald Sheffield , British actor (d. 1957 )
- 1903 - Nikolai Podgorny , President Of The Soviet Union (d. 1983 )
- 1905 - Jan Gies , Dutch resistance fighter (d. 1993 )
- 1906 - Hans Asperger , Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980 )
- 1909 - Wallace Stegner , American writer (d. 1993 )
- 1915 - Phyllis Calvert , British actress (d. 2002 )
- 1919 - Jack Palance , American actor
- 1920 - Bill Cullen , American game show host (d. 1990 )
- 1920 - Eric Gairy , Grenadan politician (d. 1997 )
- 1922 - Helen Gurley Brown , American editor and publisher
- 1922 - Allan Melvin , American actor
- 1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán , Venezuela n scientist, inventor of Diamond Scalpel (d. 1999 ).
- 1925 - George Kennedy , American actor
- 1927 - John Warner , U.S. Senator
- 1929 - Len Deighton , British author
- 1930 - Gahan Wilson , American cartoonist
- 1931 - Johnny Hart , American cartoonist
- 1931 - Toni Morrison , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 - Bob St. Clair , American football player
- 1932 - Miloš Forman , Czech film director
- 1933 - Yoko Ono , Japanese-born singer, artist, and wife of John Lennon
- 1933 - Bobby Robson , English football manager
- 1933 - Mary Ure , Scottish actress (d. 1975 )
- 1936 - Jean Auel , American writer
- 1938 - István Szabó , Hungarian film director
- 1943 - Graeme Garden , Scottish writer, comedian, and actor
- 1945 - Judy Rankin , American golfer
- 1947 - Dennis DeYoung , vocalist pianist/keyboardist of STYX
- 1947 - Princess Christina Of The Netherlands
- 1947 - Carlos Lopes , Portuguese Olympic athlete
- 1948 - Sinéad Cusack , Irish actress
- 1949 - Gary Ridgway , American serial killer
- 1950 - John Hughes , American director, producer, and writer
- 1950 - Cybill Shepherd , American actress
- 1952 - Maurice Lucas , American basketball player
- 1952 - Juice Newton , American country singer
- 1953 - Robbie Bachman , Canadian drummer ( Bachman-Turner Overdrive )
- 1954 - John Travolta , American actor
- 1956 - Ted Gärdestad , Swedish singer (d. 1997 )
- 1957 - Marita Koch , German athlete
- 1957 - Vanna White , American game show presenter
- 1960 - Greta Scacchi , Australian actress
- 1962 - Julie Strain , American actress
- 1964 - Matt Dillon , American actor
- 1965 - Dr. Dre , American rapper and record producer
- 1967 - Roberto Baggio , Italian footballer
- 1968 - Molly Ringwald , American actress
- 1969 - Alexander Mogilny , Russian Ice Hockey player
- 1970 - Raine Maida , Canadian rock musician ( Our Lady Peace )
- 1970 - Susan Egan , American musical actress
- 1973 - Claude Makelele , French footballer
- 1974 - Jamey Carroll , baseball player
- 1975 - Keith Gillespie , Northern Irish footballer
- 1975 - Gary Neville , English footballer ( Manchester United )
- 1980 - Regina Spektor , Russian-born American singer-songwriter
- 1981 - Andrei Kirilenko , Russian basketball player
- 1981 - Buddy Nielsen , American singer ( Senses Fail )
- 1981 - Ivan Sproule , Northern Irish footballer
- 1982 - Juelz Santana , American rapper
- 1983 - Jermaine Jenas , English footballer
- 1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo , American serial killer
- 1985 - Anton Ferdinand , English footballer
Deaths
- 806 - Tarasius , Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1866 )
- 814 - Angilbert , Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
- 901 - Thabit Ibn Qurra , Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826 )
- 999 - Pope Gregory V
- 1139 - Prince Yaropolk II Of Kiev (b. 1082 )
- 1294 - Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1215 )
- 1379 - Albert II Of Mecklenburg
- 1405 - Tamerlane of the Mongol Empire
- 1455 - Fra Angelico , Italian artist (b. 1395 )
- 1478 - George, Duke Of Clarence , brother of Edward IV and Richard III Of England (executed) (b. 1449 )
- 1535 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa , astrologer and alchemist (b. 1486 )
- 1546 - Martin Luther , German religious reformer (b. 1483 )
- 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti , Italian artist (b. 1475 )
- 1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini , Italian writer (b. 1503 )
- 1654 - Jean-Louis Guez De Balzac , French writer (b. 1594 )
- 1683 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem , Dutch painter (b. 1620 )
- 1712 - Louis, Duke Of Burgundy , heir to the throne of France (b. 1682 )
- 1718 - Pierre Antoine Motteux , French-born English dramatist (b. 1663 )
- 1743 - Anna Maria Luisa De' Medici , last of the Medicis (b. 1667 )
- 1748 - Otto Ferdinand Graf Von Abensperg Und Traun , Austrian field marshal (b. 1677 )
- 1772 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count Von Bernstorff , Danish statesman (b. 1712 )
- 1778 - Joseph Marie Terray , French statesman (b. 1715 )
- 1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis , Lithuanian poet (b. 1714 )
- 1788 - John Whitehurst , English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713 )
- 1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim , German poet (b. 1719 )
- 1931 - Milan Sufflay , Croatian politician (b. 1879 )
- 1933 - James J. Corbett , American boxer (b. 1866 )
- 1938 - David King Udall , American politician (b. 1851 )
- 1942 - Albert Payson Terhune , American author (b. 1872 )
- 1956 - Gustave Charpentier , French composer (b. 1860 )
- 1957 - Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer (b. 1877 )
- 1966 - Robert Rossen , American screenwriter, producer, and director (d. 1908
- 1967 - J. Robert Oppenheimer , American physicist (b. 1904 )
- 1973 - Frank Costello , Italian-born gangster (b. 1891 )
- 1977 - Andy Devine , American actor (b. 1905 )
- 1978 - Maggie McNamara , American actress (b. 1928 )
- 1981 - John Knudsen Northrop , American aircraft designer (b. 1895 )
- 1982 - Ngaio Marsh , New Zealand author (b. 1895 )
- 1993 - Kerry Von Erich , American professional wrestler (b. 1960 )
- 1993 - Jacqueline Hill , British actress (b. 1929 )
- 1997 - Emily Hahn , American writer (b. 1905 )
- 1998 - Harry Caray , baseball broadcaster (b. 1914 )
- 1999 - Noam Pitlik , American actor and director (b. 1932 )
- 2001 - Balthus , French-Polish painter (b. 1908 )
- 2001 - Charles Trenet , French singer (b. 1913 )
- 2001 - Dale Earnhardt , American race car driver (b. 1951 )
- 2001 - Eddie Mathews , baseball player (b. 1931 )
- 2003 - Isser Harel , Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912 )
- 2004 - Jean Rouch , French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917 )
- 2006 - Richard Bright , American actor (b. 1937 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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