February 18th, 1943

Born on February 18th, 1943

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What happened on February 18th, 1943?

February 18th, 1943

World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels

February 18th, 1943

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

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, 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, 1943

81

Glen Charles

American television writer and producer

*February 18th, 1943, Henderson

81

Graeme Garden

British actor and comedian

*February 18th, 1943, Aberdeen

60

Johannes Schmitt

Olympic athlete

*February 18th, 1943, Berlin †December 28th, 2003, Küssnacht

66

Rudolf Killias

Swiss ice hockey coach (1943-2010)

*February 18th, 1943, Chur †February 3rd, 2010, Bern

81

Hans Howes

American actor

*February 18th, 1943, Seneca Falls

73

Manfred Posch

Austrian astronomer (1943-2016)

*February 18th, 1943, Vienna †July 1st, 2016

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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

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

77

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

61

Manfred Wolter

German writer

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

45

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

65

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

91

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

48

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

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

57

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

86

Miloš Forman

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

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

76

Sinéad Cusack

Irish stage, television and film actress

*February 18th, 1948, Dalkey

42

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

74

Cybill Shepherd

American actress

*February 18th, 1950, Memphis

39

Anton Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1985)

*February 18th, 1985, Peckham

83

Irma Thomas

American soul and rhythm and blues singer

*February 18th, 1941, Ponchatoula

49

Johann Georg Daniel Arnold

German poet

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

84

Paco Rabanne

Spanish-French fashion designer

*February 18th, 1938, Pasaia †February 3rd, 2023, Portsall

Same year
Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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