Page 9: Historical Events In February - 18

1979  On February - 18 president Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh   

1979  Snow falls in the Sahara Desert on this day in history.   

1980  Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!) on February - 18.   

1980  Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections on this day in history.   

1984  Revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed on February - 18.   

1988  Anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on February - 18.   

1994  On this day in history actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)   

1995  On February - 18 pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed   

1996  On February - 18 tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya   

1999  Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is warned by the U.S. to make peace with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or face military intervention on this day in history.   

2010  The President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint   

2013  On February - 18 15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia   

2014  On this day in history 2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins   

2018  Aseman Airlines flight crashes in the Zagros mountains, Iran, killing all 66 on board on February - 18.   

2018  On February - 18 syrian government forces begin a new offensive on Eastern Ghouta in Syria's civil war   

2018  60th Daytona 500: Austin Dillon wins in a Chevrolet Camero ZL1 on this day in history.   

2018  Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish on this day in history.   

2021  NASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel on February - 18.   

2023  Global financial system is "dysfunctional and unfair" and is "failing developing countries" according to UN Secretary General António Guterres at opening of African Union leaders' summit in Ethiopia [1] on February - 18.   

2024  On February - 18 77th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) "Oppenheimer" Best Film, Christopher Nolan Best Director, Emma Stone , Cillian Murphy acting awards [1]   

2024  On this day in history poll by historians' ranks Joe Biden as the 14th best US president, with Donald Trump ranked last [1]   

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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 February - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56