Historical Events In February - 18

1895  George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) on this day in history.  

1895  Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1896  Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 years on February - 18.  

1896  The birth of Andre Breton, French poet on February - 18.  

1896  On this day in history cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs  

1897  On February - 18 charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)  

1898  Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena on February - 18.  

1898  Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 on February - 18.  

1899  On February - 18 80º F, San Francisco CA  

1899  San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports on this day in history.  

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1899  80°F in SF on this day in history.  

1899  Arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II) on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56  

1900  On February - 18 battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured  

1900  On February - 18 british troops occupy Monte Christo Natal  

1900  Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1901  H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner on this day in history.  

1901  Reginald Sheffield, London England, actor (Second Chance) on this day in history.  

1902  Charles F. Tiffany, founder of the jewelry company that bears his name, dies on February - 18.  

1902  On February - 18 opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo  

1903  On February - 18 kuyper government launches anti strike laws  

1903  On this day in history kuyper govt launches anti strike laws  

1903  Nikolaj V Podgorny, pres USSR (1965-77) on February - 18.  

1905  On February - 18 frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben," premieres in Munich  

1905  On this day in history jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75  

1906  On February - 18 vincent d'Indy's "Jour D'été à La Montagne," premieres in Paris  

1906  On February - 18 willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85  

1907  On February - 18 billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World)  

1908  US postage stamps in coils issued on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued  

1909  Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps on February - 18.  

1909  On February - 18 matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1932)  

1911  On February - 18 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.  

1911  Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v S Africa Test on February - 18.  

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

1486  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.  

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

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.  

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

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56