Historical Events In February - 18

1979  On February - 18 president Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh   

1979  On February - 18 snow falls in the Sahara Desert   

1980  Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!) on February - 18.   

1980  On this day in history pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections   

1984  On this day in history revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed   

1988  On February - 18 anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.   

1994  Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31) on this day in history.   

1995  Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed on this day in history.   

1996  Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya on February - 18.   

1999  On this day in history serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is warned by the U.S. to make peace with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or face military intervention.   

2010  The President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo on this day in history.   

2012  Kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint on this day in history.   

2013  15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history 2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins   

2018  On February - 18 aseman Airlines flight crashes in the Zagros mountains, Iran, killing all 66 on board   

2018  Syrian government forces begin a new offensive on Eastern Ghouta in Syria's civil war on this day in history.   

2018  60th Daytona 500: Austin Dillon wins in a Chevrolet Camero ZL1 on this day in history.   

2018  Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish on this day in history.   

2021  NASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel on February - 18.   

2023  Global financial system is "dysfunctional and unfair" and is "failing developing countries" according to UN Secretary General António Guterres at opening of African Union leaders' summit in Ethiopia [1] on this day in history.   

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  On this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56