Historical Events In February - 18

1962  On February - 18 france & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war  

1963  On this day in history monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73  

1964  Papandreou government takes power in Greece on February - 18.  

1965  On this day in history 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia  

1965  On this day in history gambia gains independence  

1965  Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.  

1966  On February - 18 anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94  

1967  On this day in history manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74  

1968  On this day in history 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin  

1968  10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France on February - 18.  

1968  David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd on this day in history.  

1968  Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79 on February - 18.  

1969  PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland on this day in history.  

1969  On February - 18 dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76  

1970  On this day in history the Chicago Seven are found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention.  

1970  US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine" on this day in history.  

1970  Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94 on February - 18.  

1972  A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem on February - 18.  

1972  On this day in history california Supreme Court abolishes death penalty  

1972  On February - 18 giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy  

1972  On February - 18 john & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show  

1973  On February - 18 54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington  

1973  Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82 on February - 18.  

1974  On February - 18 nASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)  

1975  2nd American Music Award on February - 18.  

1975  Italy broadens abortion law on February - 18.  

1975  On February - 18 chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66  

1976  On February - 18 anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81  

1977  George Harrison releases "True Love" on February - 18.  

1977  The first space shuttle, Enterprise, makes its maiden flight (carried atop a Boeing 747), over the Mojave Desert on February - 18.  

1978  The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI on February - 18.  

1979  On this day in history -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)  

1979  Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV on February - 18.  

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-202 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 February - 18.  

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  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.  

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

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.  

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