Page 6: Historical Events In February - 18

1913  On this day in history french painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York NY   

1913  On this day in history french painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in NYC   

1913  On this day in history artur Axmann, nazi youth leader   

1914  On this day in history edward George Edwards, chemist   

1915  During World War 1, Germany blockades Britain with submarines on February - 18.   

1915  Germany begins a blockade of England on this day in history.   

1915  Marcel Landowsky, composer on February - 18.   

1916  On this day in history betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator   

1917  On February - 18 phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey)   

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

1919  Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals on February - 18.   

1920  Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games) on this day in history.   

1921  British troops occupy Dublin on this day in history.   

1921  On February - 18 british troops occupy Dublin, Ireland   

1921  On this day in history barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)   

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

1922  Eric Gairy, premier (Grenada) on this day in history.   

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

1923  On this day in history belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages   

1924  US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard on February - 18.   

1924  US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger on February - 18.   

1924  US, Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal on February - 18.   

1925  On February - 18 james Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75   

1927  US & Canada begin diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

1927  1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" on February - 18.   

1929  The first Academy Awards are announced on February - 18.   

1930  Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on this day in history.   

1930  Pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, is discovered on this day in history.   

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

1931  The birth of Toni Morrison, American writer on February - 18.   

1932  On this day in history japan declares Manchuria Independent   

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 this day in history.   

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

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.   

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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

0814  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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.