Historical Events In February - 18

1979  President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history snow falls in the Sahara Desert   

1980  On this day in history billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)   

1980  Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections on February - 18.   

1984  On February - 18 revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed   

1988  On this day in history anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.   

1994  Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31) on this day in history.   

1995  Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

2010  On this day in history 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.   

2012  Kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint on this day in history.   

2013  15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia on this day in history.   

2014  On February - 18 2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins   

2018  On this day in history aseman Airlines flight crashes in the Zagros mountains, Iran, killing all 66 on board   

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

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

2018  On February - 18 iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish.   

2021  On this day in history nASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel.   

2023  On February - 18 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]   

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1374  On this day in history 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 February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.   

1530  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

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  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

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

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.