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, 28,470,240 minutes 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
- 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 km away.
- 1912 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
- 1913 –Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
- 1932 –The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
- 1943 –The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
- 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
- 1957 –Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
- 1970 –The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- 2001 –Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500.
- 2003 –Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
Who were born on February 18?
- 1635 –Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
- 1870 –William Laurel Harris, American mural painter and writer (d. 1924)
- 1916 –Jean Drapeau, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1999)
- 1925 –Marcel Barbeau, Canadian artist
- 1931 –Bob St. Clair, American football player
- 1938 –István Szabó, Hungarian film director
- 1938 –Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player
- 1969 –Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player
- 1974 –Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
- 1975 –Sarah Brown, American actress
Who died on February 18?
- 1564 –Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor (b. 1475)
- 1654 –Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
- 1683 –Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
- 1712 –Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682)
- 1842 –Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)
- 1893 –Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (b. 1814)
- 1906 –John Batterson Stetson, American manufacturer (b. 1830)
- 1923 –Alois Rašín, Czechoslovak politician, Minister of Finance (b. 1867)
- 1938 –David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
- 1966 –Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1908)
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