Historical Events In February - 18

1913  On February - 18 french painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York NY  

1913  On February - 18 french painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in NYC  

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

1914  On this day in history edward George Edwards, chemist  

1915  On February - 18 during World War 1, Germany blockades Britain with submarines  

1915  Germany begins a blockade of England on February - 18.  

1915  Marcel Landowsky, composer on February - 18.  

1916  On February - 18 betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator  

1917  On this day in history phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey)  

1917  On February - 18 charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies  

1919  On February - 18 cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals  

1920  Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games) on February - 18.  

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  Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

1924  On February - 18 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 February - 18 james Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75  

1927  On February - 18 uS & Canada begin diplomatic relations  

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 this day in history.  

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

1930  On this day in history cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted  

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

1932  On this day in history japan declares Manchuria Independent  

1932  Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title on February - 18.  

1932  On February - 18 frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66  

1933  On this day in history james Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies  

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

1404  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

1530  On February - 18 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  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.