February 18

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 18. From 1900 until now. February 18 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include John Travolta (1954), Yoko Ono (1933) and Dr Dre (1965). Several movies were released around February 18 over the years, such as Donnie Brasco in 1997 directed by Mike Newell and The Man Without a Past in 2002 directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
But much more happened on February 18 over the years: find out below

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2019 Kashmir conflict: Two reported Jaish-e-Mohammed militants, one civilian and four Indian soldiers are killed in a skirmish in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir as police search for suspects in Thursday's suicide attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitary police. (arynews)
2018 2018 Kizlyar church shooting: A gunman kills five people and wounds several others at a church in Kizlyar, Dagestan, Russia. Police later shoot and kill him. (BBC)
2017 2017 Leuven derailment: One person is killed and 20 are injured when a passenger train derails near Leuven, Belgium. (Sky News)
2016 Kurdish–Turkish conflict: February 2016 Diyarbakır bombing: A roadside bomb hits a military convoy, killing six Turkish Army soldiers in the southeast Diyarbakır Province. (ABC News) (Reuters)Turkish Air Force jets bomb Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in Iraqi Kurdistan just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed Kurdish militants for the 2016 Ankara bombing. (Haaretz)
2015 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that at least 70 Syrian Army soldiers and more than 80 insurgents have died in recent fighting around the city of Aleppo. (Reuters via Trust)
2014 2013–14 Thai political crisis:: Protesters and police clash after a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with one policeman shot dead and dozens wounded. (BBC), (Sydney Morning Herald)
2013 Artist Ruth Stage, who uses the ancient egg tempera painting technique, wins the 2013 Lynn Painter-Stainers art prize for her work The Isabella Plantation. (BBC)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 A thousand or more non-citizen residents of Kuwait demonstrated yesterday demanding rights given to Kuwaiti citizen. (Reuters)(Al Jazeera English)(CNN)
2010 A single-engine Piper Cherokee plane crashes into a seven-storey office building in Austin, Texas, killing pilot Joseph Andrew Stack and one person in the building. The pilot left a long suicide note expressing his anger at federal tax authorities.
2009 Stefane 3G will represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with ampquotWe Don't Wanna Put Inampquot, a song allegedly against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. (Reuters)
2008 Europe's major powers and the United States recognize the independence of Kosovo.
2007 Terrorist bombs explode on the Samjhauta Express in Panipat, Haryana, India, killing 68 people.
2006 Former Malawian Minister of Education and head of the country's anti-corruption campaign Yusuf Mwawa is sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and corruption. (BBC)
2005 It is discovered that the tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake uncovered an ancient city near the coastal town of Mahabalipuram in India. (AP via Yahoo!)
2004 A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulphur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.
2003 Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter ("Funny Girl"), commits suicide at age 76.
1996 Daytona 500 race
1995 Angela Kennedy swims world record 100 metre butterfly.
1994 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)
1992 In New Hampshire, U.S. President George H.W. Bush defeats Pat Buchanan in the Republican primary; Paul Tsongas leads the Democratic candidates.
1991 Edmonton Oilers' goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse and shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0.
1990 Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament.
1989 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open / Itoki Pro-Am
1988 Anthony M Kennedy sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
1984 Revised concordat between Italy and the Vatican signed.
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
1979 Miniseries Roots: Next Generations premieres on ABC TV
1978 The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller.
1977 George Harrison releases True Love
1975 2nd American Music Award
1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235 / 843 km)
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic.
1972 John andYoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
1970 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six straight major league players.
1965 Fade Out-Fade In opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 72 performances
1964 Papandreou government takes power in Greece.
1962 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colorado
1957 Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance.
1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
1953 Bwana Devil, the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
1952 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins
1951 Netherlands Radio School forms
1950 Dance Me a Song closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances
1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.
1946 Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutinied in Mumbai harbour, from where it would spread throughout British India and involve 78 ships, 20 shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
1944 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
1943 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper Trouw
1942 Japanese troops land on Bali.
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
1936 NHL record 62 points scored in a game, New York Americans (28) and MontrTal Maroons (24).
1932 The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
1930 Cow flown and milked, milk sealed in paper containers and parachuted
1927 1st US radio broadcast of Cities Service Concerts
1924 US Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal.
1923 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
1922 WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
1921 British troops occupy Dublin.
1919 Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals.
1915 Germany begins a blockade of England.
1913 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel DuChamp displayed at Armory Show in New York City, New York.
1911 The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
1909 Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at age 41, to Cleveland Naps.
1906 Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
1903 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws.
1902 Opera Hunchback of Notre Dame, premieres in Monte Carlo
1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner.
1900 Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam.
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