Page 5: Historical Events In February - 18

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

1895  On February - 18 albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77   

1896  On February - 18 cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 years   

1896  The birth of Andre Breton, French poet on this day in history.   

1896  Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs on this day in history.   

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

1898  On this day in history enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena   

1898  Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1899  80º F, San Francisco CA on February - 18.   

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

1899  80°F in SF on February - 18.   

1899  On this day in history arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II)   

1899  On February - 18 m Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56   

1900  Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured on February - 18.   

1900  British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 18 ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam   

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

1901  On February - 18 reginald Sheffield, London England, actor (Second Chance)   

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

1902  Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1905  On February - 18 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  Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World) on February - 18.   

1908  On February - 18 uS postage stamps in coils issued   

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

1909  Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps on this day in history.   

1909  Matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1932) on February - 18.   

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  On this day in history bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v S Africa Test   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.