February 18th, 1929

Born on February 18th, 1929

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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, 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.

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

Born on February 18th, 1929

80

Eduardo Lagos

Argentinian journalist and pianist

*February 18th, 1929, Buenos Aires †June 26th, 2009, Buenos Aires

95

Len Deighton

English writer

*February 18th, 1929, London

70

Inge Brandenburg

German actress

*February 18th, 1929, Leipzig †February 23rd, 1999, Klinikum Schwabing

80

Serge Sauvion

French actor

*February 18th, 1929, 8th arrondissement of Paris †February 13th, 2010, Asnières-sur-Seine

39

André Mathieu

Canadian composer

*February 18th, 1929, Montreal †June 2nd, 1968, Montreal

60

Ertem Eğilmez

Turkish producer, screenwriter and director

*February 18th, 1929, Trabzon †September 21st, 1989, Istanbul

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88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

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

91

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

86

Miloš Forman

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

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

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

45

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

48

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

61

Manfred Wolter

German writer

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

87

Franz Heinrich Krey

German politician (1930-2017)

*February 18th, 1930, Bergisch Gladbach †May 10th, 2017, Bergisch Gladbach

56

Molly Ringwald

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

*February 18th, 1968, Roseville

65

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

77

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

42

Mary Ure

British stage and film actress (1933-1975)

*February 18th, 1933, Glasgow †April 3rd, 1975, London

59

Dr. Dre

American rapper, record producer, and businessman

*February 18th, 1965, Compton

57

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

92

Duane Michals

American photographer (born 1932)

*February 18th, 1932, McKeesport

91

George Kennedy

American actor (1925–2016)

*February 18th, 1925, New York City †February 28th, 2016, Middleton

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)

49

Johann Georg Daniel Arnold

German poet

*February 18th, 1780, Strasbourg †February 18th, 1829, Strasbourg

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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