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Wednesday, 18 February 2026
1990 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga TN, due to fog. 
1990 US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) returns from space.
1990 Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92.
1991 William Kennedy Smith are discovered not guilty of rape
1991 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies
1992 Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62.
1993 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45.
1994 Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102.
1995 Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82
1996 Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93
1997 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of federal district court issues preliminary injunction forcing Microsoft to stop, at least temporarily, requiring manufacturers to install its Internet Explorer on PCs
1997 Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73
2005 205 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire north of London leads to widespread damage.
2006 The Holocaust conference is opened in Tehran, Iran by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2007 In Algiers, Algeria, two bombs explode within ten minutes of each other, the inaugural near a UN office and the other detonated close to the Algerian Supreme Court. The official death count for both blasts stands as 31.
2012 125 people are killed and 200 are injured by bombings in Aqrab, Syria.
2014 CIA Director John Brennan defends interrogation methods used after 9/11 but admits some methods were "abhorrent"
2017 Saudi Arabia announces an end to its 35 year ban on cinemas.
2017 US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls for the resignation of President Donald Trump given 16 women have accused him of sexual harassment
2017 Landmark trial for Huntington's disease in London announces positive results - inaugural time a drug has been able to slow an incurable brain disorder.
2017 Rahul Gandhi, son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi, is elected leader of the Indian National Congress.
2017 Six wildfires in Southern California now cover area larger than New York City and Boston combined.
2017 Attempted suicide terrorist bomb attack in New York wounds 3, bomb fails to fully detonate.
2018 Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018 is "the Guardians" journalists targeted for their work, including Jamal Khashoggi.
2018 The Artic is experiencing "unprecedented warmth" caused by human-caused climate change, according to US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Report
2019 Climate activist Greta Thunberg is named Time magazine's Person of the Year.
2020 US Supreme Court rejects lawsuit by Texas to overturn Jo Biden 's election in four battleground states, endorsed by 17 Republican attorney generals.
2020 The European Union agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% over the next decade.
2024 FIFA announces that Morocco, Portugal and Spain will jointly host the 2030 World Cup, with anniversary matches to be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, while Saudi Arabia is confirmed as the host for 2034
2025 Bulgaria's government steps down following weeks of mass protests against its economic policies and corruption [1]
