February 18th, 1891

Born on February 18th, 1891

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What happened on February 18th?

February 18th, 2013

Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.

February 18th, 2010

WikiLeaks published the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by Chelsea Manning.

February 18th, 2001

American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.

February 18th, 1946

President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II.

February 18th, 1943

The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.

February 18th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among Chinese Singaporeans.

February 18th, 1878

Competition between two American merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other.

February 18th, 1873

Vasil Levski, a national hero of Bulgaria, was executed in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an independent Bulgarian republic.

February 18th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.

February 18th, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: A British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa landed in Elmina in present-day Ghana.

February 18th, 1766

Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.

February 18th, 1637

Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of forty-four vessels escorted by six men-of-war, destroying or capturing twenty ships.

February 18th, 2019

Seven members of Parliament in the United Kingdom resigned from the Labour Party to form a new political party called The Independent Group.

February 18th, 2014

A series of violent events (pictured) involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.

January 1st, 1970

According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 18th

Same year
Born in 1891

68

Hans Albers

German actor (1891-1960)

*September 22nd, 1891, Hamburg †July 24th, 1960, Berg

54

Walter Model

German field marshal

*January 24th, 1891, Genthin †April 21st, 1945, Ratingen

54

Anton Dostler

German general

*May 10th, 1891, Munich †December 1st, 1945, Aversa

65

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial

53

Erich Marcks

German general (1891–1944)

*June 6th, 1891, Schöneberg †June 12th, 1944, Saint-Lô

65

Kurt von Tippelskirch

German World War II general

*October 9th, 1891, Charlottenburg †May 10th, 1957, Lüneburg

61

Fritz Schellong

German internist and university professor (1891-1953)

*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster

69

Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960)

*January 7th, 1891, Notasulga †January 28th, 1960, Fort Pierce

82

James Chadwick

English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932

*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge

52

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal (1891-1944)

*November 15th, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brenz †October 14th, 1944, Herrlingen

78

Nelly Sachs

Jewish German poet and playwright

*December 10th, 1891, Schöneberg †May 12th, 1970, Stockholm

88

Pietro Nenni

Italian politician (1891–1980)

*February 9th, 1891, Faenza †January 1st, 1980, Rome

89

Karl Dönitz

German Navy Officer, Admiral and supreme commander of the German Navy, head of state and Chief German Wehrmacht Military and convicted Nazi war criminal (1891-1980)

*September 16th, 1891, Grünau †December 22nd, 1980, Aumühle

82

Frank Mills

American actor (1891-1973)

*January 26th, 1891, Kalamazoo †August 18th, 1973, Los Angeles

83

Lajos Zilahy

Hungarian novelist and playwright (1891–1974)

*March 27th, 1891, Salonta †December 1st, 1974, Novi Sad

84

Ruth Plumly Thompson

American writer

*July 27th, 1891, Philadelphia †April 6th, 1976, Malvern

75

Bernhard Zondek

German-Israeli endocrinologist

*July 29th, 1891, Poznań †November 8th, 1966, New York City

88

Henry Miller

American novelist (1891–1980)

*December 26th, 1891, Yorkville †June 7th, 1980, Pacific Palisades

81

James Bell

American actor (1891-1973)

*December 1st, 1891, Suffolk †October 26th, 1973, Kents Store

57

Lester Allen

American actor (1891-1949)

*November 17th, 1891, Utica †November 6th, 1949, Hollywood

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1891 is a normal year and no leap year.

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