Historical Events In February - 18

1936  On February - 18 nHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24)  

1938  Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1939  The Golden Gate International Exposition opens in San Francisco on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island  

1939  On this day in history ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89  

1942  Japanese troop land on Bali on February - 18.  

1942  On this day in history the birth of Milos Forman, Czech director.  

1943  Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean General/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart on February - 18.  

1943  First edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw" on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis  

1943  1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw" on February - 18.  

1943  Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74 on February - 18.  

1944  On February - 18 maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested  

1947  On February - 18 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA  

1949  Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1950  "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances on February - 18.  

1950  Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1951  Nepál becomes a constitutional monarchy on February - 18.  

1951  On February - 18 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes  

1951  On February - 18 piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85  

1952  4th Emmy Awards Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca win on this day in history.  

1952  4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca wins on February - 18.  

1953  Premiere of first 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York NY) on this day in history.  

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

1954  On this day in history the birth of John Travolta, American actor  

1954  On February - 18 the first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.  

1955  Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance on this day in history.  

1956  On February - 18 gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95  

1957  Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government on this day in history.  

1957  Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies on this day in history.  

1959  The birth of Greta Scacchi, American actress on February - 18.  

1959  On this day in history alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65  

1960  On February - 18 u.S. Vice President Nixon opens the Eighth Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, CA.  

1961  On February - 18 henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater  

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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  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.  

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.  

1602  On this day in history 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  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 February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.  

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.