February 18th, 1959

Born on February 18th, 1959

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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, 1959

65

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

65

Claus Weselsky

German railroad engineer

*February 18th, 1959, Dresden

65

Gerry Ehrmann

German footballer

*February 18th, 1959, Tauberbischofsheim

65

Michael Doven

American actor and producer

*February 18th, 1959, United States of America

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 18th?

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

48

Daniel Ernemann

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1976, Amberg

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

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

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

45

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

48

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

57

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

64

Greta Scacchi

Italian-Australian actress

*February 18th, 1960, Milan

67

Marita Koch

East German sprint track and field athlete

*February 18th, 1957, Wismar

77

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

42

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

63

Armin Laschet

Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia

*February 18th, 1961, Burtscheid

60

Matt Dillon

American actor

*February 18th, 1964, New Rochelle

57

Lorena Herrera

Mexican actress, singer and model

*February 18th, 1967, Mazatlán

39

Anton Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1985)

*February 18th, 1985, Peckham

68

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgian businessman and ex-Prime minister

*February 18th, 1956, Chorvila

91

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

49

Gary Neville

English association football player and manager (born 1975)

*February 18th, 1975, Bury

42

Courtney Act

Australian drag queen

*February 18th, 1982, Brisbane

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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