418 Historic Events for February 18
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
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| 1926 |
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Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer and Eddie)
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| 1927 |
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John W Warner, (Sen-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor
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| 1927 |
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1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
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| 1927 |
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US and Canada begin diplomatic relations
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| 1927 |
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Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
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| 1929 |
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Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
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| 1930 |
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US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
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| 1930 |
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Cow flown and milked, milk sealed in paper containers and parachuted
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| 1930 |
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Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan
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| 1930 |
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Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon," premieres in NYC
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| 1930 |
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Theodore C Freeman, Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Maxwell Thurman, US General
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Johnny Hart, cartoonist
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Dieter Schonbach, composer
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Toni Morrison, Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Milos Forman, Czech/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus)
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| 1932 |
Death |
Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66
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| 1932 |
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Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
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| 1932 |
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Japan declares Manchuria Independent
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| 1933 |
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Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Bobby Robson, British soccer coach (PSV)
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