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  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 this day in history.  

1988  On February - 18 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  On this day in history tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya  

1999  On February - 18 serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is warned by the U.S. to make peace with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or face military intervention.  

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 February - 18.  

2012  On February - 18 kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint  

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

2014  2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins on February - 18.  

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

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

2018  On February - 18 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.  

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.  

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

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.  

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.  

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)  

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  On February - 18 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 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 this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)  

1217  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)  

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56