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 February - 18 edward George Edwards, chemist   

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

1915  On February - 18 germany begins a blockade of England   

1915  On this day in history marcel Landowsky, composer   

1916  On this day in history betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator   

1917  Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey) on this day in history.   

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

1919  On this day in history 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  British troops occupy Dublin, Ireland on February - 18.   

1921  On February - 18 barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)   

1922  Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball on February - 18.   

1922  On February - 18 eric Gairy, premier (Grenada)   

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

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 February - 18.   

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

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

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

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

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

1930  On this day in history pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh   

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 February - 18.   

1932  Japan declares Manchuria Independent on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On this day in history 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  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

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

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

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.