Page 8: Historical Events In February - 18

1962  On February - 18 france & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war   

1963  On February - 18 monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73   

1964  Papandreou government takes power in Greece on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia   

1965  On this day in history gambia gains independence   

1965  On February - 18 gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1966  On February - 18 anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94   

1967  Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1968  10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin on this day in history.   

1968  10th Winter Olympics games close at Grenoble, France on February - 18.   

1968  David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 18 sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79   

1969  PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland on February - 18.   

1969  On this day in history dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76   

1970  On February - 18 the Chicago Seven are found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention.   

1970  US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine" on this day in history.   

1970  On February - 18 desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94   

1972  A report suggested that alcohol abuse was the nation's biggest problem on this day in history.   

1972  California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty on this day in history.   

1972  On February - 18 giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy   

1972  On February - 18 john & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show   

1973  54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington on this day in history.   

1973  Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at 82 on February - 18.   

1974  NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km) on this day in history.   

1975  2nd American Music Award on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history italy broadens abortion law   

1975  Chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66 on February - 18.   

1976  Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history george Harrison releases "True Love"   

1977  The first space shuttle, Enterprise, makes its maiden flight (carried atop a Boeing 747), over the Mojave Desert on this day in history.   

1978  The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI on this day in history.   

1979  On February - 18 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record)   

1979  On this day in history miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV   

1979  NASA launches space vehicle S-202 on February - 18.   

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

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.   

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

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

1294  On February - 18 death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.