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GEBEURTENISSEN OP 18 FEBRUARI
Airmail
Jaar:
1911
The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
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Édouard de Laveleye
Jaar:
1906
Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
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Second Boer War
Jaar:
1900
Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Jaar:
1885
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
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U-boat campaign
Jaar:
1915
U-boat Campaign: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Great Britain and Ireland.
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Elm Farm Ollie
Jaar:
1930
Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
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Joseph Goebbels
Jaar:
1943
World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
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World War II
Jaar:
1942
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
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Second Sino-Japanese War
Jaar:
1938
Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
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Empire of Japan
Jaar:
1932
The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
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GEBOORTEN OP 18 FEBRUARI
Pee Wee King
Geboortejaar:
1914
Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2000)
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Wallace Stegner
Geboortejaar:
1909
Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 1993)
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Hans Asperger
Geboortejaar:
1906
Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic (died 1980)
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Joe Gordon
Geboortejaar:
1915
Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (died 1978)
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Phyllis Calvert
Geboortejaar:
1915
Phyllis Calvert, English actress (died 2002)
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Rolande Falcinelli
Geboortejaar:
1920
Rolande Falcinelli, French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue (died 2006)
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Jack Palance
Geboortejaar:
1919
Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (died 2006)
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Nikolai Podgorny
Geboortejaar:
1903
Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (died 1983)
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Luis Muñoz Marín
Geboortejaar:
1898
Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (died 1980)
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Adolphe Menjou
Geboortejaar:
1890
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (died 1963)
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OVERLIJDENS OP 18 FEBRUARI
Louis, Duke of Burgundy
Sterfjaar:
1712
Louis, Dauphin of France, (born 1682)
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Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
Sterfjaar:
1743
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (born 1667)
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William Phips
Sterfjaar:
1695
William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (born 1650)
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Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem
Sterfjaar:
1683
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (born 1620)
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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Sterfjaar:
1654
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (born 1594)
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Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun
Sterfjaar:
1748
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (born 1677)
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Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Sterfjaar:
1772
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (born 1712)
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Gene Hackman
Sterfjaar:
2025
Gene Hackman, award-winning American actor (born 1930)
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John Whitehurst
Sterfjaar:
1788
John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (born 1713)
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Kristijonas Donelaitis
Sterfjaar:
1780
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (born 1714)
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FEESTDAGEN OP 18 FEBRUARI
February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Ryukyuan languages
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
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Public holidays in Nepal
National Democracy Day, celebrates the 1951 overthrow of the Rana dynasty (Nepal)
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Bernadette Soubirous
Christian feast day: Bernadette Soubirous (France)
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Geltrude Comensoli
Christian feast day: Geltrude Comensoli
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Colmán of Lindisfarne
Christian feast day: Colmán of Lindisfarne
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Flavian of Constantinople
Christian feast day: Flavian of Constantinople
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Public holidays in Iraq
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
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Simeon of Jerusalem
Christian feast day: Simeon of Jerusalem (Western Christianity)
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Public holidays in the Gambia
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965
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