February 18

On This Day In History  ~  February 18

 

 1930 - Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted
 1930 - Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan
 1930 - Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon," premieres in NYC
 1930 - US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
 1932 - Japan declares Manchuria Independent
 1932 - Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
 1936 - NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24)
 1939 - Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island
 1942 - Japanese troop land on Bali
 1943 - 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"
 1943 - Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis
 1943 - William D Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies
 1944 - Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
 1944 - Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall
 1947 - 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa
 1947 - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in NYC
 1950 - "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances
 1951 - 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
 1951 - Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
 1951 - Netherlands Radio School forms
 1952 - 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca wins
 1953 - "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
 1953 - "Maggie" opens at National Theater NYC for 5 performances
 1953 - KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
 1953 - Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (NYC)
 1954 - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
 1955 - Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance
 1957 - Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government.
 1960 - 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
 1960 - Walter O'Malley, LA Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
 1961 - Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
 1962 - France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
 1962 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
 1964 - Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in NYC
 1964 - Papandreou government takes power in Greece
 1965 - "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 72 perfs
 1965 - 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, BC
 1965 - Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting

 

 1965 - Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
 1965 - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
 1967 - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
 1967 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
 1968 - 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
 1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
 1968 - British adopts year-round daylight savings time
 1968 - David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
 1969 - Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st
 1969 - PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
 1970 - Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
 1970 - US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"
 1972 - California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
 1972 - Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
 1972 - John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show

 

 1973 - 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
 1973 - Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2
 1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
 1974 - NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
 1974 - US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
 1975 - 2nd American Music Award:
 1975 - Italy broadens abortion law
 1977 - George Harrison releases "True Love"
 1977 - Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
 1977 - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
 1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
 1979 - -52°F (-47°C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
 1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
 1979 - Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
 1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-202
 1979 - Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
 1979 - Snow falls in Sahara Desert
 1980 - Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
 1980 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
 1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
 1984 - Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed
 1986 - San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix
 1988 - Anthony M Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
 1989 - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
 1990 - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
 1991 - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
 1993 - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
 1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
 1994 - Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th US team
 1995 - Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
 1995 - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
 1995 - Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed

 

 1995 - Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle
 1996 - 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India
 1996 - Daytona 500 race
 1996 - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
 1998 - NY Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell
 1998 - Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
 2000 - Stjepan Mesić becomes the second president of Croatia.