Page 9: Historical Events In February - 18

1979  President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh on February - 18.   

1979  On February - 18 snow falls in the Sahara Desert   

1980  Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!) on this day in history.   

1980  Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections on February - 18.   

1984  On February - 18 revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed   

1988  On this day in history 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  On this day in history pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe) wed   

1996  Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

2012  On this day in history kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint   

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

2014  2014 Ukrainian Revolution begins on February - 18.   

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 February - 18.   

2018  On February - 18 60th Daytona 500: Austin Dillon wins in a Chevrolet Camero ZL1   

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 February - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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.   

2024  77th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) "Oppenheimer" Best Film, Christopher Nolan Best Director, Emma Stone , Cillian Murphy acting awards [1] on February - 18.   

2024  On this day in history poll by historians' ranks Joe Biden as the 14th best US president, with Donald Trump ranked last [1]   

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

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

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

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.   

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

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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

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