Birthdates Which Occur on February 18:
1404 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)
1516 Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary], queen of England (1553-58)
1559 Isaac Casaubon naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
1609 Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)
1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali composer
1677 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz composer
1745 Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta inventor (battery)
1751 Karl Haack composer
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer
1775 Thomas Girtin London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry composer
1795 George Peabody US, merchant/philanthropist
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
1815 Henri Leys Flemish painter
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
and Walter Page Lane Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster composer
1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1833 James Deshler Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1836 Ramakrishna Hindu saint (preached unity of all religions)
1838 Ernst Mach Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist
1841 Samuel Prowse Warren composer
1844 Willem Maris Dutch painter (Hague School)
1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany glassmaker; famous for stained glass windows
1849 Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)
1850 George Henschel composer
1853 August Belmont Jr breeder of Man 'O War/founded NY Jockey Club
1857 Max Klinger German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
1858 Louise M A princess of Belgium
1859 Sholem Aleichem [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on Roof)
1860 Anders Zorn Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
1877 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)
1880 Eric De Lamarter composer
1884 Burt Mustin Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)
1888 Gladys Cooper England, actress (Margaret-Rogues)
1890 Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)
and Boris L Pasternak Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago) [NS]
and Edward Arnold NYC, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
and Lauri SA Haarla Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja)
1891 Chester Clute NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)
1892 Wendell Wilkie presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)
1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp football star (Notre Dame)
and Semjon Timoshenko Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II)
1896 Andr‚ Breton France, surrealist poet/writer (founder of surr‚alism)
1899 Arthur Bryant English historian (King Charles II)
19-- Anthony Pe¤a actor (Miguel-Young & Restless)
and Breck Jamison actor (As the World Turns)
and John Pankow St Louis MO, actor (Ira-Mad About You)
and Kassi Nova XXX actress (Anal Attraction)
1901 Reginald Sheffield London England, actor (Second Chance)
1903 Nikolaj V Podgorny pres USSR
1907 Billy Dewolfe Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World)
and Harm van Riel Dutch politician (Dutch Liberal Party)
1909 Matti Jarvinen Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1932)
and Wallace Stegner novelist/critic (Pulitzer-1971-Angle of Repose)
1912 Heinz Khn German premier (North-Rhine Westphalia)
1913 Dane Clark Bkln, actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason)
1914 Pee Wee King Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song)
1915 David van de Woestijne composer
and Marcel Landowsky composer
1916 Jean Drapeau mayor of Montr‚al (1954- )
1917 Phyllis Calvert London, actress (Man in Grey)
1920 Bill Cullen Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games)
and Jack Palance [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers)
1922 Eric Gairy premier (Grenada)
and Helen Gurley Brown Portland Me, author/publisher (Cosmopolitan)
1923 Allan Melvin KC Mo, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family)
1924 Gnter Haese German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967)
1925 George Kennedy NYC, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
1926 Len Ford NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
1927 John W Warner (Sen-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor
and Tabe Bas actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
1928 Jim McElreath auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
1929 Len Deighton writer (Fighter)
1930 Theodore C Freeman Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut
1931 Dieter Schonbach composer
and Toni Morrison Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
1932 Milos Forman Czech/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus)
1933 Bobby Robson British soccer coach (PSV)
and Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling Dutch soprano
and Mary Ure England, model/actress (Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way)
and Yoko Ono Lennon [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, vocalist(?)
1934 Aldo Ceccato Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77)
1938 Manny Mota baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1939 Marlos Nobre composer
and Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning actress (Potasch & Perlemoer)
1941 David Blue [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid's Arrow)
and Herb Santiago vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall)
and Irma Thomas [Lee], US vocalist (It's Raining)
1945 Judy Rankin St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
and Michael Nader St Louis Mo, actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty)
1947 Carlos A Lopes Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
and Dennis De Young Chicago Il, vocalist (Styx-Its Raining Again)
and Eliot L Engel (Rep-D-NY)
and Princess Maria Christina [Mar˜ke], of Netherlands
1948 Carolyn B Maloney (Rep-D-NY)
and Sinead Cusack Ireland, actress (Waterland, Revenge)
1949 Cybill Shepherd Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)
and Jess Walton actress (Jill Abbott-Young & Restless)
1950 John Hughes director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller)
1952 Juice Newton [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning)
and Veronica "Randy" Crawford US vocalist (One Day I'll Fly Away)
1953 Derek Pellicci rocker (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way)
and Nico Arzbach rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike)
and Robin Bachman Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet)
1954 John Travolta Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction)
1957 Marita Koch German DR, 400m sprinter (Oly-gold-1980)
and Vanna White [Rosich], N Myrtle Beach SC, TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
1958 Peter Koech Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-silver-1988)
1960 Andy Moog NHL goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988)
and Greta Scacchi Milan Italy, actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief)
1962 Gary Reasons NFL line backer (NY Giants)
1963 Rob Andrew English rugby player
1964 Lisa Elaine Comshaw Ohio, actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas' Child)
and Matt Dillon New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas)
1967 Colin Jackson Cardiff England, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988)
and Roberto Baggio
1968 Molly Ringwald Roseville Calif, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink)
1969 Alexander Mogliny USSR, 1st soviet hockey star to defect to NHL
1976 Chanda Rubin Lafayette Louisiana, tennis star
Deaths Which Occured February 18:
999 Gregory V [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies
1217 Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59
1397 Enguerrand VII French mister of Coucy, dies at 56
1455 Fra Angelico Italian monk/painter
1478 Duke of Clarence forced drowning in a wine barrel
1535 Agrippa von Nettesheim royal astrologer, dies
1546 Martin Luther biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62
1564 Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 88
1660 Judith Jansdochter Leyster House painter, buried
1683 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62
1712 Duke of Bourgondi‰ French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1745 Nicola Fago composer, dies at 67
1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, dies at 67
1799 Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at 52
1807 August G Meissner German estheticus/literary, dies at 53
1817 Giacomo Quarenghi master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies
1829 Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, dies at 77
1830 Charles GG Earl of Merode, mayor of Brussels, dies at 67
1833 Georg Johann Schinn composer, dies at 64
Ignac Ruzitska composer, dies at 55
1846 Giovanni Liverati composer, dies at 73
1861 Louis C Luzac Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74
1875 Walter Andrae German archaeologist (Babylon), dies
1878 Peter D Regout industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76
1885 Charlotte Saint-Dolby composer, dies at 63
1890 Guyla Andr ssy Sr earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66
1895 Albrecht FR arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77
1899 M Sophus Lie Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56
1905 Jules de Geyter Belgian poet (International), dies at 75
1906 Willem Doorenbos literary/critic, dies at 85
1917 Charles E Barber US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
1925 James Lane Allen US writer (Choir Invisible), dies
1932 Frederik Augustus III King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66
1938 Alida JM Tartaud-Little actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies
Edward Anseele Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81
Louis JM de la Vall‚e-Poussin (The Way to Nirvana), dies at 69
1939 Ludwig Bonvin composer, dies at 89
1943 Henri Polak union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74
1949 Niceto A Zamora y Torres premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71
1950 Voranc Prezikov [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56
1951 Piet A W Hopmans bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85
1956 Gustave Charpentier French opera composer (Louise/Julien), dies at 95
1957 Henry N Russell co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies
1959 Alfred Alessandrescu composer, dies at 65
Eric Zeisl composer, dies at 53
Jaroslav Kvapil composer, dies at 66
1963 Monte Blue silent film actor, dies of heart attack at 73
Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell leader British Labour Party, dies at 56
1966 Anne Anema Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94
Casimir von Paszthory composer, dies at 79
1967 Manuel Palau Boix composer, dies at 74
Robert J Oppenheimer creator of atomic bomb, dies
1968 Sigurd Erixon etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79
1969 Dragisa Cvetkovic Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76
1970 Desiderius A Stracke Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94
1973 Franc Costello US gangster, dies at 82
1975 Chivu Stoica [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66
Raymond Moley US advisor to pres Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88
1976 Eddie Dowling composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81
Joseph Henabery actor/director (Cobra), dies at 88
1977 Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at 71
Maria Realino teacher (Botany of Cura‡ao), dies at 87
Ralph Graves actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77
1978 Charlotte Greenwood actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84
Derrick De Marney actor, dies at 71
Maggie McNamara actress, dies at 49
1980 Gale Robbins actress, dies at 58
1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh NZ detective writer/producer, dies at 82
Tina Carver actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
1985 Willy Alberti [Carel Verbruggen], singer, dies
1990 Hulk fictional character dies in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC
1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
Jacqueline Hill dies of cancer at 63
Leslie Norman English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
Michael David Morrison actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1995 Calder Willingham US scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at 72
Yank Lawson US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
Holidays Which Occur February 18:
Gambia Independence Day (1965)
Iceland National Bun Day
Iran Mohammed's Death
Israel Mother's Day
Nep l Constitutional Day (1951)
Religious Observances on February 18:
Christian Feast of St Angilbert
Christian Feast of St Constantia (St Constance)
RC Col(east)man, abbot/bishop of Lindisfarne
RC Commemoration of Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes
RC Simeon, bishop of Jerusalem
110 RC Commemoration of St Simeon, bishop of Jerusalem, martyr
461 Orth Feast of St Leo I, the Great
1455 RC Commemoration of Bl Fra Angelico, Florentine painter
1546 Luth Commemoration of Martin Luther, renewer of Church
Things to Remember for February 18:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
1 Day Astrological sign: Aquarius
28 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d xij Kal Mar
Highlights in History Which Occur February 18:
1129 Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II
1503 Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)
1574 Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels
1678 John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published
1688 1st formal protest of slavery in US-Friends in Germantown, Penn
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Cura‡ao
1735 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC
1804 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered
1815 Treaty of peace with Great Britain proclaimed
1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar
1834 1st US labor newspaper, The Man, published, NYC
1839 Detroit Boat Club forms (still exists today)
1849 1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28)
1850 Calif Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties
1856 American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy
1857 Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo
1861 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes king of Italy
and President Jefferson Davis is inaugurated at Montgomery, Alabama
1865 Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals
and Evacuation of Charleston, SC; Sherman's troops burn city
and Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft Anderson, NC
1874 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #135 Hertha
1884 Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"
1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published
1899 80øF in San Fransisco
and Montr‚al Shamrocks sweep Winnipeg Victorias in 2 for Stanley Cup
and SF named as a port of dispatch for Army transports
1900 Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured
and British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal
1903 Kuyper govt launch anti-strike laws
1908 1st US postage stamps in coils issued
1915 Germany begins a blockade of England
1921 British troops occupy Dublin
1922 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
and WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
1923 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
1924 US, min of marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal
1927 US & Canada begin diplomatic relations
1930 Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted
and US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independence
1936 NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24)
1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1480 Aunus
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island
1942 Japanese troop land on Bali
and L Oterma discovers asteroids #1758 Naantali, #2828 Iku-Turso & #2912
1943 1st edition opposition newspaper Loyal, publishes
and Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart
and Dutch illegal (anti Nazi resistance) newspaper Trouw begins publishing
and Munich opposition group "That Weisse Rose" disbands
1944 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa
1950 S Arend discovers asteroid #2277 Moreau
1951 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
and Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
and Netherlands Radio School forms
1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
and Premier of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (NYC)
1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance
1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
1961 Henk van de Grift becomes world champion skater
1962 France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
1964 Papandreou Govt takes power in Greece
1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, BC
and Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
and Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2753 Duncan
1967 Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
and Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1968 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
and 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
and British adopt year-round daylight savings time
and David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
1970 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
and US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"
1972 Calif Supreme Court strikes down it's death penalty
and Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
and John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
and Belgian Emile Puttemans runs 3000m in record 7:39.2
1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
and US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
1975 Italy broadens abortion law
1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
and H Kosai & K Hurukawa discovers asteroids #2330 Ontake, #2960 Ohtaki,
and Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
#2924 Mitake-mura, #3249 Musashino, #3391 Sinon & #3607 Naniwa
1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1979 -52øF (-47øC), Old Forge, New York (state record)
and Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
and NASA launches space vehicle S-202
and Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
and Snow falls in Sahara
1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
and Harvard College discovers asteroid #3085
and Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
1982 C Shoemaker & S J Bus discovers asteroid #3270 Dudley
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1984 Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed
and Vatican & Italy sign new Concord
1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20
pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being
accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
1994 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)
and Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
3102 -BC- Origin of Kali Era (India)
Your Special Reminders for February 18:
1979 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1981 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 49th day of the year with 316 days left (Numerology = 2)
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