Top Historical Events That Happened on February 18

1943  Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean General/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart.   

1943  inaugural edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw".   

1943  Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis   

1943  1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw".   

1943  Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74   

1944  Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested   

1947  24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA   

1949  Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71.   

1950  "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances.   

1950  Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56   

1951  3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes   

1951  Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85.   

1952  4th Emmy Awards Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win   

1952  4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca claims   

1953  Premiere of inaugural 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York NY)   

1953  "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York   

1954  John Travolta, American actor is born   

1954  The inaugural Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California   

1955  Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance   

1956  Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95.   

1957  Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government   

1957  Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies   

1959  Greta Scacchi, American actress is born   

1959  Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65.   

1960  U.S. Vice President Nixon opens the Eighth Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, CA.   

1961  Henk van der Grift is recorded as becoming world champion skater.   

1962  France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war.   

1963  Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73.   

1964  Papandreou government takes power in Greece   

1965  27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia   

1965  Gambia gains independence.   

1965  Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1966  Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94.   

1967  Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74.   

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1374  Saint jadwiga of poland: Queen of poland   

1404  Leon b alberti: Italian humanist/architect (della pittura)   

1486  Chaitanya mahaprabhu: Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  Mary i tudor: [bloody mary], greenwich, queen of england (1553-58)   

1530  Uesugi kenshin: Japanese samurai and warlord   

1543  Charles iii: Duke of lorraine   

1559  Isaac casaubon: Naturalized english classical scholar, theologian   

1602  Per brahe (the younger): Swedish soldier   

0814  Angilbert: Frankish monk and confidant of charlemagne   

0901  Thabit ibn qurra: Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory v: [bruno] 1st german pope,   

1139  Prince yaropolk ii of kiev: Prince yaropolk ii of kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander neckum de sancto albano: Engl encyclopedist,   

1294  Death of Kublai khan: Mongol emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  Albert ii of mecklenburg: Albert ii of mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Death of Enguerrand vii: French master of coucy/count of soissons,