Historical Events In February - 18

1962  France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war on this day in history.  

1963  On February - 18 monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73  

1964  On this day in history papandreou government takes power in Greece  

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

1965  Gambia gains independence on February - 18.  

1965  On February - 18 gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)  

1966  On this day in history anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94  

1967  Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74 on February - 18.  

1968  10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin on February - 18.  

1968  On this day in history 10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France  

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

1968  On February - 18 sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79  

1969  On this day in history pLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland  

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  On February - 18 uS President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"  

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 this day in history.  

1972  California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy  

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

1973  54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington on this day in history.  

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

1974  On this day in history nASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)  

1975  On February - 18 2nd American Music Award  

1975  Italy broadens abortion law on February - 18.  

1975  Chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1978  The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI on this day in history.  

1979  On February - 18 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)  

1979  On this day in history miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV  

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-202 on this day in history.  

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)  

1559  On this day in history 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  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.  

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

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies  

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)  

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.  

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.  

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