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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