Page 8: Historical Events In February - 18

1962  France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war on February - 18.   

1963  Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.   

1964  On February - 18 papandreou government takes power in Greece   

1965  27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia on February - 18.   

1965  On February - 18 gambia gains independence   

1965  On this day in history gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1966  On this day in history anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94   

1967  On this day in history manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74   

1968  10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 18 10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France   

1968  On February - 18 david Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd   

1968  On February - 18 sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79   

1969  On February - 18 pLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland   

1969  On February - 18 dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76   

1970  On February - 18 the Chicago Seven are found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention.   

1970  US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine" on February - 18.   

1970  Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history a report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem   

1972  On this day in history california Supreme Court abolishes death penalty   

1972  On this day in history giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy   

1972  John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show on February - 18.   

1973  On February - 18 54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington   

1973  On February - 18 franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82   

1974  NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km) on February - 18.   

1975  On February - 18 2nd American Music Award   

1975  Italy broadens abortion law on February - 18.   

1975  Chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66 on February - 18.   

1976  On February - 18 anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81   

1977  George Harrison releases "True Love" on February - 18.   

1977  The first space shuttle, Enterprise, makes its maiden flight (carried atop a Boeing 747), over the Mojave Desert on February - 18.   

1978  On February - 18 the first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI   

1979  -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record) on this day in history.   

1979  On February - 18 miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV   

1979  On February - 18 nASA launches space vehicle S-202   

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.   

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56