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February 18

February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 316 days remaining (317 in leap years).

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 Recorded this date

Events

• 1685 - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
• 1841 - The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.
• 1848 - Battle of Montereau occurs.
• 1856 - The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President (Millard Fillmore).
• 1861 - In Montgomery, Alabama Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1861 - Victor Emmanuel of Savoy becomes King of Italy.
• 1865 - In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratified the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
• 1878 - The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• 1885 - Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
• 1913 - Raymond Poincaré becomes President of France
• 1929 - First Academy Awards are announced.
• 1930 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
• 1930 - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
• 1932 - Japan declares Manzhouguo (Japanese name for Manchuria) independent from China.
• 1943 - The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
• 1948 - Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland.
• 1953 - The first 3D film, Bwana Devil opens.
• 1953 - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz sign an $8,000,000 contract to continue the I Love Lucy television series through 1955.
• 1965 - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1970 - The Chicago Eight are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic Party national convention.
• 1972 - The California Supreme Court invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.
• 1977 - The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
• 1983 - 13 people lose their lives and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington, said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in American history.
• 1998 - Two white separatistss were arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
• 2001 - During the Daytona 500 race, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, known as "The Intimidator" for his aggressive driving style, is killed in a crash.
• 2004 - Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulphur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes.

Births

• 1516 - Queen Mary I of England, (d. 1558)
• 1745 - Alessandro Volta, physicist, eponym for the unit of the electric potential, (d. 1827)
• 1838 - Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher, (d. 1916)
• 1846 - Wilson Barrett, actor and playwright, (d. 1904)
• 1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist, (d. 1933)
• 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, humorist, author (d. 1916)
• 1867 - Hedwig Courths-Mahler, novelist, (d. 1950)
• 1887 - Nikos Kazantzakis, poet, (d. 1957)
• 1890 - Adolphe Menjou, actor, (d. 1963)
• 1892 - Wendell Wilkie, politican, Presidential candidate, (d. 1944)
• 1896 - Andre Breton, poet and principal theorist of surrealism, (d. 1966)
• 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, auto racer, manufacturer, (d. 1988)
• 1912 - Heinz Kühn, politician, (d. 1992)
• 1920 - Jack Palance, actor
• 1920 - Bill Cullen, game show host, (d. 1990)
• 1922 - Helen Gurley Brown, editor, publisher
• 1925 - George Kennedy, actor
• 1929 - Hayden Fry, college football coach
• 1929 - Len Deighton, author
• 1931 - Toni Morrison, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1993
• 1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football star
• 1931 - Johnny Hart, cartoonist
• 1932 - Milos Forman, film director
• 1933 - Yoko Ono, singer, artist, wife of John Lennon
• 1934 - Paco Rabanne, fashion designer
• 1938 - Istvan Szabo, director
• 1943 - Graeme Garden, writer, comedian, actor
• 1947 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
• 1947 - Dennis DeYoung, musician ("Styx")
• 1949 - Gary Ridgway, accused of being the Green River Killer
• 1950 - John Hughes, director, producer, writer
• 1952 - Juice Newton, country music entertainer
• 1954 - John Travolta, actor
• 1957 - Vanna White, game show presenter
• 1964 - Matt Dillon, actor
• 1965 - Dr. Dre, rap music performer, music producer
• 1967 - Roberto Baggio, Italian football player
• 1970 - Michael (Raine) Maida, frontman for Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace.
• 1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian NBA star
• 1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo, convicted Beltway sniper

Deaths

• 901 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician, (b. 826)
• 999 - Pope Gregory V, (b. ca. 972)
• 1478 - Duke of Clarence, drowned in wine by Richard III, (b. 1449)
• 1546 - Martin Luther, religious reformer, (b. 1483)
• 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist, (b. 1475)
• 1931 - Milan Sufflay, Croatian politician (d. 1879)
• 1933 - James J. Corbett, boxer
• 1942 - Payson Terhune, author
• 1957 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, (b. 1877)
• 1967 - J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist, (b. 1904)
• 1982 - Ngaio Marsh, mystery fiction author (b. 1895)
• 1997 - Emily Hahn, writer, (b. 1905)
• 1998 - Haray Caray, baseball broadcaster (b. 1920)
• 2001 - Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR race car driver, (b. 1951)
• 2001 - Balthus, French painter
• 2001 - Eddie Mathews, Baseball Hall of Famer, (b. 1931)
• 2003 - Isser Harel, Mossad leader

Holidays and observances

• Gambia - National Day

Recorded this date

• 1903 "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg)
  - Mina Hickman
• 1903 "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Mina Hickman
• 1909 "Maple Leaf Rag" (m. Scott Joplin)
  - United States Marine Band
• 1910 "When Father Papered The Parlour" (w.m. Weston & Barnes)
  - Billy Williams
• 1910 "I've Got A Pain In My Sawdust" (w. Henry Edward Warner m. Herman Avery Wade)
  - Kitty Cheatham
• 1914 "On The Shores Of Italy" (w.m. Al Piantadosi, Dave Oppenheim & Jack Glogau)
  - Albert C. Campbell & Henry Burr
• 1916 "Some Sort Of Somebody" (w. Elsie Janis m. Jerome Kern)
  - Grace Nash & Edgar Stoddard
• 1918 "Are You From Heaven?" (w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Anatol Friedland)
  - Henry Burr
• 1921 "I Used To Love You, But It's All Over Now" (w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer)
  - Frank Crumit
• 1924 "Jazz Me Blues" (m. Tom Delaney)
  - Wolverine Orchestra
• 1924 "Fidgety Feet" (m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields)
  - Wolverine Orchestra
• 1926 "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" (w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst)
  - Irving Kaufman with Ipana Troubadours
• 1926 "Tamiami Trail" (w.m. Cliff Friend & Joseph H. Santly)
  - Ben Selvin & his Orchestra
• 1927 "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" (w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager)
  - Savoy Hotel Orpheans
• 1927 "I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" (w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer)
  - Jane Green with O/Nat Shilkret
• 1928 "Mississippi Mud" (w. James Cavanaugh m. Harry Barris)
  - Irene Taylor with Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, Harry Barris, Charles Gaylord, Jack Fulton & Austin Young with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
• 1931 "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" (w. Gus Kahn m. Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt)
  - Ernie Birchill with Wayne King & his Orchestra
• 1931 "Wabash Moon" (w.m. Dave Dreyer & Morton Downey)
  - Ernie Birchill, Andy Hansen, Bill Egner & Johnny Kozel with Wayne King & his Orchestra
• 1932 "Kiss By Kiss" (w. Raymond Klages & Jack Meskill m. Vincent Rose)
  - Al Bowlly & Carlyle Cousins with The Masqueraders
• 1932 "The Night You Gave Me Back The Ring" (w. Ben Gordon & Allen Taub m. Louis Herscher)
  - Al Bowlly & Carlyle Cousins with The Masqueraders
• 1933 "Skirts" (w.m. Slatz Randall & Joe Roberts)
  - Sam Browne with Billy Cotton & his Band
• 1935 "Okay Toots" (w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson)
  - Harry Roy & his Orchestra from the Mayfair Hotel London
• 1937 "The Mood That I'm In" (w.m. Abner Silver & Al Sherman)
  - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra
• 1937 "My Last Affair" (w.m. Haven Johnson)
  - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra
• 1937 "Spring Song" (m. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)
  - Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
• 1939 "Star Dust" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael)
  - Mills Brothers
• 1942 "Paper Doll" (w.m. Johnny S. Black)
  - Mills Brothers
• 1942 "I'll Be Around" (w.m. Alec Wilder)
  - Mills Brothers
• 1942 "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (w.m. Louis Lambert)
  - Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton & The Modernaires with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
• 1942 "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" (w. Lew Brown & Charles Tobias m. Sam H. Stept)
  - Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & Modernaires with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
• 1942 "The Lamplighter's Serenade" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Hoagy Carmichael)
  - Ray Eberle with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
• 1942 "She'll Always Remember" (w.m. Eddie Pola & Johnny Marks)
  - Ray Eberle & Modernaires with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
• 1942 "Shhh, It's A Military Secret" (w.m. Alan Courtney, Earl Allvine & Walter Bishop)
  - Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & Modernaires with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
• 1945 "Out Of Nowhere" (w. Edward Heyman m. John Green)
  - Helen Forrest with O/Victor Young
• 1945 "He's Home For A Little While" (w. Kermit Goell m. Ted Shapiro)
  - Helen Forrest with O/Victor Young
• 1946 "I'll Buy That Dream" (w. Herb Magison m. Allie Wrubel)
  - Helen Mack & Ronnie O'Dell with Lew Stone & his Novatones
• 1946 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne)
  - Ronnie O'Dell with Lew Stone & his Novatones
• 1947 "My Young And Foolish Heart" (w.m. Al Lewis, Murray Mencher & Charles Tobias)
  - Garry Stevens with Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
• 1949 "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke)
  - Connie Haines w. Four Hits And A Miss
• 1952 "Louisville Lou" (w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager)
  - Peggy Lee with Sid Feller and His Orchestra
• 1952 "Goin' On A Hayride" (w.m. Ralph Blane)
  - Peggy Lee with Sid Feller and His Orchestra
• 1952 "Let's Call It A Day" (w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
  - Peggy Lee with Sid Feller and His Orchestra
• 1953 "Who's Gonna Pay The Check?" (w.m. Peggy Lee)
  - Peggy Lee with O/Dave Barbour
• 1959 "The Tijuana Jail" (w.m. Denny Thompson)
  - Kingston Trio
• 1959 "Mona Lisa" (w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans)
  - Conway Twitty
• 1959 "What'd I Say" (w.m. Ray Charles)
  - Ray Charles w. Raeletts
• 1960 "When Will I Be Loved?" (w.m. Phil Everly)
  - Everly Brothers
• 1963 "Lost In The Stars" (w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1963 "My Heart Stood Still" (w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1963 "Ol' Man River" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1969 "Didn't We?" (w.m. Jimmy Webb)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Don Costa
• 1969 "All My Tomorrows" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Don Costa

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