Historical Events In February - 18

1913  French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York NY on February - 18.  

1913  French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in NYC on February - 18.  

1913  Artur Axmann, nazi youth leader on February - 18.  

1914  On this day in history edward George Edwards, chemist  

1915  During World War 1, Germany blockades Britain with submarines on this day in history.  

1915  On February - 18 germany begins a blockade of England  

1915  On February - 18 marcel Landowsky, composer  

1916  On February - 18 betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator  

1917  Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey) on February - 18.  

1917  On this day in history charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies  

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1919  Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games)  

1921  British troops occupy Dublin on February - 18.  

1921  On this day in history british troops occupy Dublin, Ireland  

1921  Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason) on this day in history.  

1922  On February - 18 kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball  

1922  On this day in history eric Gairy, premier (Grenada)  

1923  Belgium Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages on February - 18.  

1923  Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard  

1924  US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history uS, Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal  

1925  On this day in history james Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75  

1927  US & Canada begin diplomatic relations on February - 18.  

1927  1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" on this day in history.  

1929  The first Academy Awards are announced on this day in history.  

1930  Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February - 18.  

1930  On February - 18 pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, is discovered.  

1930  Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted on February - 18.  

1931  The birth of Toni Morrison, American writer on this day in history.  

1932  Japan declares Manchuria Independent on February - 18.  

1932  On this day in history sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title  

1932  Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1933  James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies on February - 18.  

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1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

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

1486  On this day in history birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer  

1516  On this day in history 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  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.  

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  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)  

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