Historical Events In February - 18

1979  President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh on February - 18.  

1979  Snow falls in the Sahara Desert on February - 18.  

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

1980  On February - 18 pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections  

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

1995  On this day in history 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 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  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 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  60th Daytona 500: Austin Dillon wins in a Chevrolet Camero ZL1 on this day in history.  

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.  

2021  On February - 18 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  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.  

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

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 18.  

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)  

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

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.  

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

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 February - 18.  

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)  

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