What happened this day in history February 18

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, 474,504 hours 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

  • 1781
    Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opened his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
  • 1846
    Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
  • 1930
    Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
  • 1932
    The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
  • 1943
    Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
  • 1955
    Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot “Wasp” is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series.
  • 1958
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
  • 1983
    Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
  • 2001
    Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Indonesia, that will ultimately result in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
  • 2003
    Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.

Who were born on February 18?

  • 1907
    Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1915
    Phyllis Calvert, British actress (d. 2002)
  • 1919
    Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
  • 1931
    Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate
  • 1944
    Pat Bowlen, American sports team owner (Denver Broncos)
  • 1958
    Lucie Visser, Dutch actress and model
  • 1961
    Cosmo Wilson, American concert lighting designer
  • 1967
    Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Thai film director and producer
  • 1980
    Regina Spektor, Russian/American singer and songwriter
  • 1983
    Jermaine Jenas, English footballer

Who died on February 18?

  • 814
    Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
  • 1294
    Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)
  • 1405
    Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)
  • 1772
    Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
  • 1780
    Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)
  • 1902
    Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
  • 1976
    Wallace Berman, American Artist
  • 2001
    Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908)
  • 2001
    Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
  • 2001
    Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)

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