Tukuk-OS📅 February 18
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 18? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 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.
- 2013 — Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.
- 2010 — In a coup d'état, military rebels attacked the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, and replaced President Mamadou Tandja with a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy.
- 2010 — WikiLeaks published the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by Chelsea Manning.
- 2001 — Inter-ethnic violence between the Dayak and the Madurese broke out in Sampit, Indonesia, ultimately causing more than 500 deaths and the displacement of 100,000 Madurese from their homes.
- 2001 — American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.
- 1977 — NASA's first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, made its first test flight on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (both pictured).
- 1977 — The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignited the wreaths of late Mao Zedong, killing 694 personnel.
Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fireChinese New YearDeath and state funeral of Mao Zedong
- 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.
- 1943 — The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1268 — Northern Crusades: The Battle of Wesenberg (depicted) took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.
Northern CrusadesBattle of Wesenberg (1268)Novgorod Republic
- -3102 — 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.
Births
- 2002 — Manu Bhaker, Indian sports shooter
- 2001 — Tanguy Coulibaly, French footballer
- 2001 — Jaime Jaquez Jr., American basketball player
- 2000 — Zakaria Aboukhlal, Moroccan footballer
- 2000 — Giacomo Raspadori, Italian footballer
- 1998 — Vernon, South Korean and American rapper, singer and songwriter
- 1997 — DK, South Korean singer
- 1997 — Odysseas Adam, Greek volleyball player
- 1997 — Brandon Jones, American racing driver
- 1996 — Tyler Dorsey, American-Greek basketball player
- 1995 — Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer
- 1994 — J-Hope, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer
Deaths
- 2026 — Borislav Paravac, Bosnian Serb politician, 8th Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1943)
Borislav ParavacChairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2025 — Gene Hackman, award-winning American actor (born 1930)
- 2025 — Gerald Ridsdale, Australian laicised Catholic priest and sex offender (born 1934)
- 2025 — Hurricane, American secret service canine (born 2009)
- 2020 — Flavio Bucci, Italian actor and voice actor (born 1947)
- 2019 — Alessandro Mendini, Italian designer and architect (born 1931)
- 2015 — Elchanan Heilprin, Slovak-born English rabbi (born 1920 or 1922)
- 2014 — Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (born 1922)
- 2014 — Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1914)
- 2001 — Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1908)
- 2001 — Dale Earnhardt, American racer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (born 1951)
- 1982 — Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (born 1895)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Bernadette Soubirous (France)
- Christian feast day: Colmán of Lindisfarne
- Christian feast day: Flavian of Constantinople
- Christian feast day: Geltrude Comensoli
- Christian feast day: Simeon of Jerusalem (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965
- Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- National Democracy Day, celebrates the 1951 overthrow of the Rana dynasty (Nepal)
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