WillDekkard
02-18-2010, 04:44 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- February 18th
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* 3102 BC Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
* 1229 The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere.
* 1332 Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
* 1478 George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
* 1685 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
* 1745 The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo river, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta
* 1797 Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
* 1814 The Battle of Montereau occurs.
* 1841 The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.
* 1846 Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
* 1856 The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
* 1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
* 1861 With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
* 1865 Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
* 1873 Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
* 1878 John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
* 1884 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
* 1901 Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons.
* 1906 Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
* 1911 The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
* 1913 Raymond Poincarι becomes President of France.
* 1929 The first Academy Awards are announced.
* 1930 While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
* 1930 Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
* 1932 The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
* 1943 The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
* 1943 Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech.
* 1948 Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland.
* 1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
* 1955 Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series.
* 1957 Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
* 1965 The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1969 The Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster occurs, killing all on board.
* 1970 The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
* 1972 The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.
* 1977 The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
* 1979 Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.
* 1983 Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
* 1991 The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
* 1998 Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
* 2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
* 2003 Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
* 2003 Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
* 2004 Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
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- February 18th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 3102 BC Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
* 1229 The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakvere.
* 1332 Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
* 1478 George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
* 1685 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
* 1745 The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo river, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta
* 1797 Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
* 1814 The Battle of Montereau occurs.
* 1841 The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.
* 1846 Beginning of the Galician peasant revolt.
* 1856 The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
* 1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
* 1861 With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
* 1865 Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
* 1873 Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
* 1878 John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
* 1884 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
* 1901 Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons.
* 1906 Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
* 1911 The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
* 1913 Raymond Poincarι becomes President of France.
* 1929 The first Academy Awards are announced.
* 1930 While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
* 1930 Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
* 1932 The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
* 1943 The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
* 1943 Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech.
* 1948 Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland.
* 1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
* 1955 Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series.
* 1957 Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
* 1965 The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1969 The Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster occurs, killing all on board.
* 1970 The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
* 1972 The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.
* 1977 The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" sitting on top of a Boeing 747.
* 1979 Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.
* 1983 Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
* 1991 The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
* 1998 Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
* 2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
* 2003 Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
* 2003 Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
* 2004 Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
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