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02/18/1914
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Pee Wee King, Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1915
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Germany begins a blockade of England
Type: Event
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02/18/1915
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David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aronautes)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1915
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Marcel Landowsky, composer
Type: Birth
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02/18/1916
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Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator
Type: Birth
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02/18/1916
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Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montral (1954- )
Type: Birth
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02/18/1917
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Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1917
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Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
Type: Death
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02/18/1919
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Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals
Type: Event
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02/18/1920
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Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1920
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Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1921
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British troops occupy Dublin
Type: Event
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02/18/1921
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Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1922
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
Type: Event
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02/18/1922
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WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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02/18/1922
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Eric Gairy, premier (Grenada)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1922
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Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Me, author/publisher (Cosmopolitan)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1923
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Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
Type: Event
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02/18/1923
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Allan Melvin, KC Mo, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1924
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
Type: Event
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02/18/1924
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
Type: Event
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02/18/1924
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US, min of marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal
Type: Event
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02/18/1924
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Gnter Haese, German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1925
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George Kennedy, NYC, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1925
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James Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/18/1926
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Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer and Eddie)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1926
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Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1927
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1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
Type: Event
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02/18/1927
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US and Canada begin diplomatic relations
Type: Event
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02/18/1927
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Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1927
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John W Warner, (Sen-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor
Type: Birth
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02/18/1927
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Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1928
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Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1929
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Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1930
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Cow flown and milked, milk sealed in paper containers and parachuted
Type: Event
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02/18/1930
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Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan
Type: Event
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02/18/1930
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Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/18/1930
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US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
Type: Event
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02/18/1930
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Theodore C Freeman, Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut
Type: Birth
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02/18/1931
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Dieter Schonbach, composer
Type: Birth
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02/18/1931
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Johnny Hart, cartoonist
Type: Birth
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02/18/1931
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Maxwell Thurman, US General
Type: Birth
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02/18/1931
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Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1931
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Toni Morrison, Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1932
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Japan declares Manchuria Independent
Type: Event
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02/18/1932
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Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
Type: Event
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02/18/1932
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Milos Forman, Czech/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1932
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Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/18/1933
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Bobby Robson, British soccer coach (PSV)
Type: Birth
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02/18/1933
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Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano
Type: Birth
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