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 February - 18.  

1964  On February - 18 papandreou government takes power in Greece  

1965  On this day in history 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia  

1965  Gambia gains independence on February - 18.  

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

1966  Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94 on this day in history.  

1967  Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1968  On February - 18 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin  

1968  On this day in history 10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France  

1968  David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd on February - 18.  

1968  On this day in history sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79  

1969  On this day in history pLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland  

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  On February - 18 uS President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"  

1970  Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94 on February - 18.  

1972  A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem on February - 18.  

1972  California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty on this day in history.  

1972  Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy on February - 18.  

1972  John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show on this day in history.  

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

1973  Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82 on February - 18.  

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

1975  2nd American Music Award on February - 18.  

1975  On February - 18 italy broadens abortion law  

1975  On this day in history chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66  

1976  Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1977  George Harrison releases "True Love" on this day in history.  

1977  The first space shuttle, Enterprise, makes its maiden flight (carried atop a Boeing 747), over the Mojave Desert on this day in history.  

1978  The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI on February - 18.  

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

1979  On this day in history miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV  

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-202 on February - 18.  

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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 February - 18.  

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

1530  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.  

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

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

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.  

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)  

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