18 Februar
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The 18t o Februar is the 49t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 316 days ti come (317 in lowp years).
Events
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- 1791 - Unitit States Congress passes a law admittin Vermont as the 14t state on 4 Mairch.
- 1861 - Inauguration o Jefferson Davis as Preses o the Confederatit States o Americae.
- 1861 - Victor Emmanuel II o Italy becomes King.
- 1885 - Mark Twain's "Adventures o Huckleberry Finn" is furthset.
- 1930 - Discovery o the dwarf planet Pluto bi Clyde Tombaugh.
- 1952 - Greece an Turkey jyn NATO.
- 1960 - The 1960 Winter Olympic Gemmes in Squaw Valley, Californie, stairt.
- 1965 - The Gambie gains unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1977 - The Space Shuttle Enterprise flies on a Boeing 747 aircraft.
- 2003 - Nearly 200 fowk are killt in the Daegu Subway fire in Daegu, Sooth Korea.
- 2004 - The Nisharpur train disaster in Iran kills 295 fowk.
- 2005 - The ban on tod huntin in Ingland an Wales enters intae force.
- 2010 - A coup is staged in Niger, remuivin Preses Mamadou Tandja.
- 2014 - Violent clashes occur in central Kiev durin Ukraine's Euromaidan protests; 11 protesters an 7 polis officers are killt.
- 2021 - NASA's Perseverance Rover lands on Maurs.
Births
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- 1404 - Leon Battista Alberti, Italian polymath (d. 1472)
- 1516 - Queen Mary I o Ingland (d. 1558)
- 1860 - Anders Zorn, Swadish penter (d. 1920)
- 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian racin driver an entrepreneur (d. 1988)
- 1919 - Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer (d. 2019)
- 1954 - John Travolta, American actor
- 1957 - Bruce Rauner, American politeecian
- 1964 - Matt Dillon, American actor
- 1965 - Dr. Dre, American record producer, rapper an entrepreneur
- 1967 - Roberto Baggio, Italian fitbawer
- 1983 - Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player
Daiths
- 1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor (b. 1215)
- 1405 - Timur, Mongol ruler (b. 1336)
- 1546 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483)
- 1564 - Michelangelo, Italian airtist (b. 1475)
- 1712 - Louis, Duke o Burgundy, Dauphin o Fraunce (b. 1682)
- 2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American racin driver (b. 1951)
- 2017 - Ivan Koloff, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1942)
Halidays
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- Independence Day (The Gambie)
- Internaitional Asperger's Syndrome Day
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