Historical Events In February - 18

1936  NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24) on February - 18.  

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

1939  On February - 18 the Golden Gate International Exposition opens in San Francisco.  

1939  On February - 18 golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island  

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

1942  On February - 18 japanese troop land on Bali  

1942  The birth of Milos Forman, Czech director on this day in history.  

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 February - 18 munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis  

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1943  On this day in history 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"  

1943  Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1944  On February - 18 maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested  

1947  On this day in history 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA  

1949  On February - 18 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 on February - 18.  

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

1951  On February - 18 nepál becomes a constitutional monarchy  

1951  On this day in history 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes  

1951  Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1954  The birth of John Travolta, American actor on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history the first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.  

1955  On this day in history baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance  

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 February - 18.  

1957  On February - 18 henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies  

1959  On February - 18 the birth of Greta Scacchi, American actress  

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  Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater on February - 18.  

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)  

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.  

1516  On February - 18 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 February - 18.  

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.  

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian  

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)  

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne  

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.  

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  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59  

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

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

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56