Notable Historical Events on February 18th
February 18th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
3102 |
Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga in the proleptic Julian calendar. |
BC AD | |
1129 |
Jerusalem re-taken by Christians in peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil |
1268 |
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor. |
1332 |
Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces. |
1478 |
George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. |
1503 |
Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) |
1536 |
France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel |
1563 |
Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise |
1574 |
Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels |
1634 |
Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution |
1678 |
John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in Holborn, London by Nathaniel Ponder |
1685 |
Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. |
1688 |
Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa |
1713 |
French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao |
1735 |
1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC |
1745 |
Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland |
1787 |
Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor |
1797 |
Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby. |
1804 |
1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered |
1814 |
The Battle of Montereau; victory of French under Napoleon Bonaparte against Austrians and Württembergers under the King of Württemberg. |
1828 |
More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar |
1834 |
1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC |
1839 |
Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) |
1849 |
1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28) |
1850 |
California Legislature creates nine Bay Area counties |
1856 |
American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy |
1856 |
The American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. |
1857 |
Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo |
1861 |
Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Alabama (US Civil War) |
1861 |
King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st King of Italy |
1865 |
Battle of Fort Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals |
1865 |
Evacuation of Charleston, SC |
1865 |
Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft Anderson, NC |
1876 |
Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand |
1878 |
John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico. |
1879 |
Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha |
1879 |
Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty |
1884 |
General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum |
1884 |
Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" |
1885 |
Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
1891 |
Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan |
1896 |
Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 yrs |
1899 |
80°F in SF |
1899 |
SF named as a port of dispatch for Army transports |
1899 |
Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games |
1900 |
Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam |
1900 |
Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured |
1900 |
British troops occupy Monte Christo, Natal |
1901 |
H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner |
1901 |
Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons. |
1902 |
Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo |
1903 |
Kuyper government launches anti strike laws |
1905 |
Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben," premieres in Munich |
1906 |
Vincent d'Indy's "Jour D'été à La Montagne," premieres in Paris |
1908 |
1st US postage stamps in rolls issued |
1908 |
The American ambassador to Japan is given a note by the Japanese in which they agree to restrict Japanese emigration to the US; this becomes known as the 'Gentlemen's Agreement' |
1909 |
Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps |
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 |
French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in NYC |
1913 |
President Francisco Madero of Mexico is overthrown |
1915 |
Germany begins a blockade of Britain |
1916 |
The last German garrison in the German colony of Cameroons surrenders |
1919 |
Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals |
1921 |
British troops occupy Dublin |
1922 |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball |
1922 |
WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions |
1923 |
Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages |
1924 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard |
1924 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
1924 |
US, min of marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal |
1927 |
1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" |
1927 |
US & Canada begin diplomatic relations |
1929 |
The first Academy Awards are announced. |
1930 |
Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted |
1930 |
Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan |
1930 |
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon," premieres in NYC |
1930 |
US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto |
1932 |
Japan declares Manchuria independent |
1932 |
Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title |
1936 |
NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24) |
1939 |
Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island |
1942 |
Japanese troop land on Bali |
1943 |
1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw" |
1943 |
Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis |
1943 |
William D Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies |
1944 |
Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested |
1944 |
Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall |
1947 |
24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa |
1947 |
Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in NYC |
1950 |
"Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances |
1951 |
3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes |
1951 |
Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy |
1951 |
Netherlands Radio School forms |
1952 |
4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca win |
1953 |
"Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York |
1953 |
"Maggie" opens at National Theater NYC for 5 performances |
1953 |
KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1953 |
Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (NYC) |
1954 |
The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California. |
1955 |
Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance |
1957 |
Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government. |
1960 |
8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Cal |
1960 |
Walter O'Malley, LA Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000 |
1961 |
Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater |
1962 |
France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war |
1962 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open |
1964 |
Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in NYC |
1964 |
Papandreou government takes power in Greece |
1965 |
"Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 72 perfs |
1965 |
27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, BC |
1965 |
Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting |
1965 |
The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom. |
1967 |
Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3" |
1967 |
Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers |
1968 |
10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin |
1968 |
10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France |
1968 |
British adopts year-round daylight savings time as a trial |
1968 |
David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd |
1969 |
Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st |
1969 |
PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland |
1970 |
Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot |
1970 |
US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine" |
1972 |
California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty |
1972 |
Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy |
1972 |
John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show |
1973 |
54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash |
1973 |
Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2 |
1973 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic |
1974 |
NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km) |
1974 |
US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check |
1975 |
2nd American Music Award: Olivia Newton-John & John Denver win |
1975 |
Italy broadens abortion law |
1977 |
George Harrison releases "True Love" |
1977 |
Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight |
1977 |
Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown |
1978 |
1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii |
1979 |
-52°F (-47°C), Old Forge, New York (state record) |
1979 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic |
1979 |
Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV |
1979 |
NASA launches space vehicle S-202 |
1979 |
Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh |
1979 |
Snow falls in Sahara Desert |
1980 |
Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!) |
1980 |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections |
1983 |
NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak |
1984 |
Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed |
1986 |
San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix |
1988 |
Anthony M Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice |
1989 |
Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am |
1990 |
Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament |
1991 |
Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0 |
1993 |
Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY |
1994 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43) |
1994 |
Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th US team |
1995 |
Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly |
1995 |
Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
1995 |
Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle |
1996 |
1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India |
1996 |
Daytona 500 race |
1996 |
Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya |
1998 |
NY Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell |
1998 |
Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways. |
2000 |
Stjepan Mesić becomes the second president of Croatia. |
2001 |
FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison. |
2001 |
Crash during Daytona 500 race on last lap claims life of Dale Earnhardt |
2003 |
Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO. |
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. |
2004 |
Greg Maddux signs with the Chicago Cubs, the team he began his career with |
2009 |
The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics announced that the Taiwanese economy has contracted an unprecedented 8.36% in the fourth quarter of 2008; thus placing the country in a technical recession |
2012 |
Kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint |
2013 |
15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia |
2013 |
$50 million worth of diamond is stolen in an armed robbery at Brussels Airport, Belgium |
2014 |
2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins |
2017 |
Trump Calls the News Media the 'Enemy of the American People' |
2017 |
Trump on hand as Boeing unveils newest, biggest Dreamliner yet |
2017 |
North Korean man arrested over killing of Kim Jong-nam |
2018 |
Commercial plane crashes in southern Iran, killing 66 people |
2018 |
Facebook plans to use US mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers |
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