February, 18th in History

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Events

Friday 18, 2005:
The United Kingdom law banning fox hunting, hare coursing and other sports which kill wild mammals is enforced from this date.

Wednesday 18, 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.

Tuesday 18, 2003:
Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea

Wednesday 18, 1998:
Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.

Monday 18, 1985:
The legendary "mirror globe" ident, first used in 1969, is seen for the last time in regular rotation on BBC1.

Friday 18, 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.

Friday 18, 1977:
The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747.

Monday 18, 1974:
KISS releases their self-titled debut album.

Friday 18, 1972:
The California Supreme Court invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.

Wednesday 18, 1970:
The Chicago Eight are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic Party national convention.

Thursday 18, 1965:
The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Wednesday 18, 1953:
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz sign an $8,000,000 contract to continue the I Love Lucy television series through 1955.

Wednesday 18, 1948:
Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland.

Thursday 18, 1943:
Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech

Thursday 18, 1932:
The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from China.

Tuesday 18, 1930:
Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.

Monday 18, 1929:
First Academy Awards are announced.

Tuesday 18, 1913:
Raymond Poincaré becomes President of France.

Saturday 18, 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.

Wednesday 18, 1885:
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.

Monday 18, 1878:
The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Saturday 18, 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.)

Monday 18, 1861:
With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.

Monday 18, 1856:
The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President (Millard Fillmore).

Thursday 18, 1841:
The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.

Friday 18, 1814:
Battle of Montereau occurs.

Saturday 18, 1797:
Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.

Sunday 18, 1685:
Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.

Monday 18, 1478:
George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.

Sunday 18, 1229:
The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.

Friday 18, -3102:
Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga- Lord Krishna leaves his mortal coil.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/18-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 18

1988:
Rihanna, first female reggae singer (b: February 18, 1988) (Biography of Rihanna)

1985:
Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer (b: February 18, 1985) (Biography of Lee Boyd Malvo)

1983:
Jermaine Jenas - English Footballer (b: February 18, 1983) (Biography of Jermaine Jenas)

1981:
Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player (b: February 18, 1981) (Biography of Andrei Kirilenko (athlete))
Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail) (b: February 18, 1981) (Biography of Buddy Nielsen)

1975:
Gary Neville, English footballer (b: February 18, 1975) (Biography of Gary Neville)

1973:
Claude Makelele, French footballer (b: February 18, 1973) (Biography of Claude Makelele)

1970:
Susan Egan, American musical actress (b: February 18, 1970) (Biography of Susan Egan)

1968:
Molly Ringwald, American actress (b: February 18, 1968) (Biography of Molly Ringwald)

1967:
Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer (b: February 18, 1967) (Biography of Roberto Baggio)

1965:
Dr. Dre, American rapper and record producer (b: February 18, 1965) (Biography of Dr. Dre)

1964:
Matt Dillon, American actor (b: February 18, 1964) (Biography of Matt Dillon)

1962:
Julie Strain, actress (b: February 18, 1962) (Biography of Julie Strain)

1960:
Greta Scacchi, Italian actress (b: February 18, 1960) (Biography of Greta Scacchi)

1959:
Jayne Atkinson, British actress (b: February 18, 1959) (Biography of Jayne Atkinson)

1957:
Vanna White, American game show presenter (b: February 18, 1957) (Biography of Vanna White)
Marita Koch, German athlete (b: February 18, 1957) (Biography of Marita Koch)

1954:
John Travolta, American actor (b: February 18, 1954) (Biography of John Travolta)

1952:
Juice Newton, American entertainer (b: February 18, 1952) (Biography of Juice Newton)

1950:
John Hughes, American director, producer, and writer (b: February 18, 1950) (Biography of John Hughes (film director))
Cybill Shepherd, American actress (b: February 18, 1950) (Biography of Cybill Shepherd)

1949:
Gary Ridgway, American serial killer (b: February 18, 1949) (Biography of Gary Ridgway)

1948:
Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress (b: February 18, 1948) (Biography of Sinéad Cusack)

1947:
Princess Christina of the Netherlands (b: February 18, 1947) (Biography of Princess Christina of the Netherlands)
Dennis DeYoung, American musician (Styx) (b: February 18, 1947) (Biography of Dennis DeYoung)

1945:
Judy Rankin, American golfer (b: February 18, 1945) (Biography of Judy Rankin)

1943:
Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian, and actor (b: February 18, 1943) (Biography of Graeme Garden)

1938:
István Szabó, Hungarian film director (b: February 18, 1938) (Biography of István Szabó)

1936:
Jean Auel, American writer (b: February 18, 1936) (Biography of Jean Auel)

1933:
Bobby Robson - English Football Manager (b: February 18, 1933) (Biography of Bobby Robson)
Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer, artist, and wife of John Lennon (b: February 18, 1933) (Biography of Yoko Ono)
Mary Ure, Scottish actress (b: February 18, 1933) (Biography of Mary Ure)

1932:
Milos Forman, Czech film director (b: February 18, 1932) (Biography of Milos Forman)

1931:
Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b: February 18, 1931) (Biography of Johnny Hart)
Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 18, 1931) (Biography of Toni Morrison)
Bob St. Clair, American football player (b: February 18, 1931) (Biography of Bob St. Clair)

1930:
Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist (b: February 18, 1930) (Biography of Gahan Wilson)
Rik Battaglia, Italian actor (b: February 18, 1930) (Biography of Rik Battaglia)

1929:
Len Deighton, British author (b: February 18, 1929) (Biography of Len Deighton)

1927:
John Warner, United States Senator (b: February 18, 1927) (Biography of John Warner)

1925:
George Kennedy, American actor (b: February 18, 1925) (Biography of George Kennedy)

1922:
Helen Gurley Brown, American editor and publisher (b: February 18, 1922) (Biography of Helen Gurley Brown)
Allan Melvin, American actor (b: February 18, 1922) (Biography of Allan Melvin)

1920:
Bill Cullen, American game show host (b: February 18, 1920 ; d: July 7, 1990) (Biography of Bill Cullen)
Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (b: February 18, 1920) (Biography of Eric Gairy)

1919:
Jack Palance, American actor (b: February 18, 1919) (Biography of Jack Palance)

1915:
Phyllis Calvert, British actress (b: February 18, 1915) (Biography of Phyllis Calvert)

1909:
Wallace Stegner, American writer (b: February 18, 1909 ; d: April 13, 1993) (Biography of Wallace Stegner)

1905:
Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (b: February 18, 1905 ; d: January 26, 1993) (Biography of Jan Gies)

1903:
Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (b: February 18, 1903 ; d: January 12, 1983) (Biography of Nikolai Podgorny)

1901:
Reginald Sheffield, British actor (b: February 18, 1901) (Biography of Reginald Sheffield)

1898:
Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and manufacturer (b: February 18, 1898) (Biography of Enzo Ferrari)

1896:
Andre Breton, French writer (b: February 18, 1896 ; d: September 28, 1966) (Biography of Andre Breton)

1892:
Wendell Willkie, U.S. Presidential candidate (b: February 18, 1892 ; d: October 8, 1944) (Biography of Wendell Willkie)

1890:
Edward Arnold, American actor (b: February 18, 1890 ; d: April 26, 1956) (Biography of Edward Arnold (actor))
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b: February 18, 1890 ; d: October 29, 1963) (Biography of Adolphe Menjou)

1884:
Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b: February 18, 1884 ; d: May 9, 1970) (Biography of Andrew Watson Myles)

1883:
Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b: February 18, 1883 ; d: October 26, 1957) (Biography of Nikos Kazantzakis)

1871:
Harry Brearley, English inventor (b: February 18, 1871 ; d: August 12, 1948) (Biography of Harry Brearley)

1849:
Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b: February 18, 1849 ; d: April 6, 1906) (Biography of Alexander Kielland)

1848:
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (b: February 18, 1848) (Biography of Louis Comfort Tiffany)

1846:
Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b: February 18, 1846 ; d: July 22, 1904) (Biography of Wilson Barrett)

1838:
Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b: February 18, 1838 ; d: February 19, 1916) (Biography of Ernst Mach)

1835:
César Cui, Lithuanian composer (b: February 18, 1835 ; d: March 13, 1918) (Biography of César Cui)

1745:
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b: February 18, 1745 ; d: March 5, 1827) (Biography of Alessandro Volta)

1658:
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b: February 18, 1658 ; d: April 29, 1743) (Biography of Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre)

1642:
Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b: February 18, 1642 ; d: May 15, 1698) (Biography of Marie Champmeslé)

1635:
Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b: February 18, 1635 ; d: June 10, 1680) (Biography of Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna)

1609:
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman and historian (b: February 18, 1609 ; d: December 9, 1674) (Biography of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon)

1602:
Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier and statesman (b: February 18, 1602 ; d: September 2, 1680) (Biography of Per Brahe (the younger))

1559:
Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (b: February 18, 1559 ; d: July 1, 1614) (Biography of Isaac Casaubon)

1530:
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b: February 18, 1530 ; d: April 19, 1578) (Biography of Uesugi Kenshin)

1516:
Queen Mary I of England (b: February 18, 1516) (Biography of Mary I of England)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/18-february/births.html

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People who died on February 18

2004:
Jean Rouch (d: February 18, 2004) (Biography of Jean Rouch)

2003:
Isser Harel (d: February 18, 2003) (Biography of Isser Harel)

2001:
Balthus, French-Polish painter (b: February 29, 1908 ; d: February 18, 2001) (Biography of Balthus)
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b: April 29, 1951 ; d: February 18, 2001) (Biography of Dale Earnhardt)
Eddie Mathews, baseball player (b: October 13, 1931 ; d: February 18, 2001) (Biography of Eddie Mathews)

1999:
Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b: November 4, 1932 ; d: February 18, 1999) (Biography of Noam Pitlik)

1998:
Harry Caray, American sports broadcaster (b: March 1, 1917 ; d: February 18, 1998) (Biography of Harry Caray)

1997:
Emily Hahn, American writer (b: January 14, 1904 ; d: February 18, 1997) (Biography of Emily Hahn)

1993:
Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b: February 3, 1960 ; d: February 18, 1993) (Biography of Kerry Von Erich)
Jacqueline Hill, British actress (b: December 17, 1929 ; d: February 18, 1993) (Biography of Jacqueline Hill)

1982:
Dame Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b: April 23, 1899 ; d: February 18, 1982) (Biography of Ngaio Marsh)

1981:
John Knudsen Northrop (d: February 18, 1981) (Biography of John Knudsen Northrop)

1978:
Maggie McNamara (d: February 18, 1978) (Biography of Maggie McNamara)

1977:
Andy Devine, American actor (b: October 7, 1905 ; d: February 18, 1977) (Biography of Andy Devine)

1973:
Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (b: January 26, 1891 ; d: February 18, 1973) (Biography of Frank Costello)

1967:
J. Robert Oppenheimer (d: February 18, 1967) (Biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer)

1966:
Robert Rossen (d: February 18, 1966) (Biography of Robert Rossen)

1957:
Henry Norris Russell (d: February 18, 1957) (Biography of Henry Norris Russell)

1956:
Gustave Charpentier (d: February 18, 1956) (Biography of Gustave Charpentier)

1942:
Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b: December 21, 1872 ; d: February 18, 1942) (Biography of Albert Payson Terhune)

1938:
David King Udall (d: February 18, 1938) (Biography of David King Udall)

1933:
James J. Corbett (d: February 18, 1933) (Biography of James J. Corbett)

1931:
Milan Sufflay, Croatian politician (b: November 9, 1879 ; d: February 18, 1931) (Biography of Milan Sufflay)

1748:
Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b: August 27, 1677 ; d: February 18, 1748) (Biography of Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun)

1743:
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b: August 11, 1667 ; d: February 18, 1743) (Biography of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici)

1718:
Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b: February 25, 1663 ; d: February 18, 1718) (Biography of Pierre Antoine Motteux)

1712:
Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir to the throne of France (b: August 16, 1682 ; d: February 18, 1712) (Biography of Louis, Duke of Burgundy)

1683:
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b: October 1, 1620 ; d: February 18, 1683) (Biography of Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem)

1654:
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (d: February 18, 1654) (Biography of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac)

1583:
Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b: March 22, 1503 ; d: February 18, 1583) (Biography of Antonio Francesco Grazzini)

1564:
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (b: March 6, 1475 ; d: February 18, 1564) (Biography of Michelangelo Buonarroti)

1546:
Martin Luther, German protestant reformer (b: November 10, 1483 ; d: February 18, 1546) (Biography of Martin Luther)

1535:
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (b: September 14, 1486 ; d: February 18, 1535) (Biography of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa)

1478:
George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England ( (b: October 21, 1449 ; d: February 18, 1478) (Biography of George, Duke of Clarence)

999:
Pope Gregory V (d: February 18, 999) (Biography of Pope Gregory V)

901:
Thabit ibn Qurra (d: February 18, 901) (Biography of Thabit ibn Qurra)

814:
Angilbert (d: February 18, 814) (Biography of Angilbert)

806:
Tarasius (d: February 18, 806) (Biography of Tarasius)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/18-february/deaths.html