Page 8: Historical Events In February - 18

1962  On February - 18 france & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war   

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  Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) on February - 18.   

1966  On February - 18 anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94   

1967  On February - 18 manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1968  On this day in history david Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd   

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

1969  PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland on February - 18.   

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

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

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 February - 18 a report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem   

1972  On February - 18 california Supreme Court abolishes death penalty   

1972  Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy on this day in history.   

1972  On February - 18 john & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show   

1973  54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82   

1974  On February - 18 nASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)   

1975  2nd American Music Award on this day in history.   

1975  On February - 18 italy broadens abortion law   

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

1976  On this day in history anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81   

1977  On this day in history george Harrison releases "True Love"   

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

1978  On this day in history the first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI   

1979  On February - 18 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)   

1979  Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-202   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

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

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

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

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.