Page 9: Historical Events In February - 18

1979  President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh on this day in history.   

1979  Snow falls in the Sahara Desert on February - 18.   

1980  Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!) on February - 18.   

1980  Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed   

1988  Anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1994  Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31) on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed   

1996  Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya on February - 18.   

1999  Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is warned by the U.S. to make peace with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or face military intervention on this day in history.   

2010  On February - 18 the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.   

2012  Kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint on this day in history.   

2013  15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history 2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins   

2018  On this day in history aseman Airlines flight crashes in the Zagros mountains, Iran, killing all 66 on board   

2018  On this day in history syrian government forces begin a new offensive on Eastern Ghouta in Syria's civil war   

2018  On this day in history 60th Daytona 500: Austin Dillon wins in a Chevrolet Camero ZL1   

2018  Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish on this day in history.   

2021  On February - 18 nASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel.   

2023  Global financial system is "dysfunctional and unfair" and is "failing developing countries" according to UN Secretary General António Guterres at opening of African Union leaders' summit in Ethiopia [1] on this day in history.   

2024  77th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) "Oppenheimer" Best Film, Christopher Nolan Best Director, Emma Stone , Cillian Murphy acting awards [1] on this day in history.   

2024  On February - 18 poll by historians' ranks Joe Biden as the 14th best US president, with Donald Trump ranked last [1]   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28

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  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

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

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 this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

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

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.   

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56