What are the important events that happened on February 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 18 is the 49th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 317 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 5, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,708,214,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontaenneagon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 346 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,076 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 18 Historical Events
- 1478 –George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
- 1861 –In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1861 –With the Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
- 1865 –Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
- 1873 –Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
- 1943 –Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
- 1957 –Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
- 1972 –The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state’s death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
- 1977 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 1978 –The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller.
Who were born on February 18?
- 1926 –Wallace Berman, American artist
- 1931 –Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate
- 1933 –Sir Bobby Robson, English football player and manager (d. 2009)
- 1934 –Audre Lorde, Caribbean poet and activist (d. 1992)
- 1936 –Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1936 –Jean Auel, American writer
- 1960 –Greta Scacchi, Australian actress
- 1962 –Moe Lemay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 –Julia Butterfly Hill, American environmental activist
- 1990 –Park Shin-hye, South Korean actress
Who died on February 18?
- 1294 –Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)
- 1478 –George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (b. 1449)
- 1583 –Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)
- 1748 –Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
- 1900 –Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
- 1911 –Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
- 1938 –David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
- 1999 –Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932)
- 2001 –Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
- 2010 –John Babcock, Last known Canadian veteran of World War I (b. 1900)
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