Historical Events In February - 18

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

1979  On February - 18 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  On this day in history pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections  

1984  On this day in history 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  On this day in history pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed  

1996  Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya on this day in history.  

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.  

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

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

2014  2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins on this day in history.  

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

2018  Syrian government forces begin a new offensive on Eastern Ghouta in Syria's civil war on this day in history.  

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

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

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.  

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)  

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  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  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 February - 18.  

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.  

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.  

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1294  On February - 18 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