Historical Events In February - 18

1913  French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York NY on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history french painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in NYC   

1913  On this day in history artur Axmann, nazi youth leader   

1914  On this day in history edward George Edwards, chemist   

1915  On February - 18 during World War 1, Germany blockades Britain with submarines   

1915  On this day in history germany begins a blockade of England   

1915  Marcel Landowsky, composer on this day in history.   

1916  Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator on February - 18.   

1917  Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey) on February - 18.   

1917  On February - 18 charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies   

1919  Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals on this day in history.   

1920  Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games) on February - 18.   

1921  British troops occupy Dublin on this day in history.   

1921  On February - 18 british troops occupy Dublin, Ireland   

1921  On this day in history barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)   

1922  Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball on February - 18.   

1922  Eric Gairy, premier (Grenada) on February - 18.   

1923  On this day in history belgium Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages   

1923  Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages on February - 18.   

1924  On February - 18 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard   

1924  On February - 18 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger   

1924  On February - 18 uS, Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal   

1925  James Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75 on February - 18.   

1927  US & Canada begin diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

1927  1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" on February - 18.   

1929  On February - 18 the first Academy Awards are announced.   

1930  Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February - 18.   

1930  Pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, is discovered on this day in history.   

1930  On February - 18 cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted   

1931  The birth of Toni Morrison, American writer on this day in history.   

1932  On February - 18 japan declares Manchuria Independent   

1932  Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title on February - 18.   

1932  Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1933  James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies on this day in history.   

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1374  On this day in history 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  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on this day in history.   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)   

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on this day in history.   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.