February 18th, 1906

Born on February 18th, 1906

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What happened on February 18th, 1906?

February 18th, 1906

Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_de_Laveleye

What else 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, 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, 1268

The Battle of Wesenberg took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.

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.

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

Born on February 18th, 1906

74

Hans Asperger

Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor (1906-1980)

*February 18th, 1906, Vienna †October 21st, 1980, Vienna

75

Kurt Bauer

German sculptor

*February 18th, 1906, Hamburg †October 28th, 1981, Hamburg

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Who's birthday is on February 18th?

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

84

Wallace Stegner

American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)

*February 18th, 1909, Lake Mills †April 13th, 1993, Santa Fe

45

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

48

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

91

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

56

Molly Ringwald

American actress, singer, dancer, and author (1968-)

*February 18th, 1968, Roseville

59

Dr. Dre

American rapper, record producer, and businessman

*February 18th, 1965, Compton

86

Miloš Forman

Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018)

*February 18th, 1932, Čáslav †April 13th, 2018, Danbury

57

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

77

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

87

Jack Palance

American actor (1919–2006)

*February 18th, 1919, Lattimer †November 10th, 2006, Montecito

42

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

65

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

61

Manfred Wolter

German writer

*February 18th, 1938, Potsdam †October 14th, 1999, Woltersdorf

98

Louis Jung

French politician (1917-2015)

*February 18th, 1917, Zollingen †October 22nd, 2015, Strasbourg

39

Anton Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1985)

*February 18th, 1985, Peckham

82

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*February 18th, 1745, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

71

Kay Hammond

British actress (1909-1980)

*February 18th, 1909, London †May 4th, 1980, Brighton

42

Courtney Act

Australian drag queen

*February 18th, 1982, Brisbane

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Born in 1906

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

73

Hans von Aulock

German private banker, coin collector and numismatist

*November 27th, 1906, Oława †November 23rd, 1980, Ankara

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

98

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

69

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

100

Bruce Bennett

American actor (1906–2007)

*May 19th, 1906, Tacoma †February 24th, 2007, Los Angeles

30

Matthias Auckenthaler

Austrian mountaineer

*January 27th, 1906, Mutters †June 21st, 1936, Leutasch

79

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

*November 13th, 1906, Broseley †August 19th, 1986, Los Angeles

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

61

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

*February 7th, 1906, Prince Chun Mansion †October 17th, 1967, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

81

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

69

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906–1976)

*November 2nd, 1906, Milan †March 17th, 1976, Rome

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Public holidays on February 18th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1906 is a normal year and no leap year.

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