According to the Gregorian calendar, 49th day of the 18th February is the year.
There are still 316 days left in the year (317 days in leap year)
Important events of February 18
- 1614 - Jahangir occupied Mewar.
- 1695 - French explorer La Selley settled in Texas.
- 1884 - British troops headed by Charles Golden arrived in Sudan.
- 1900 - In the South African War, Pie Crowns put weapons in front of British forces.
- 1905- Shamji Krishnavarma founded the India Homerul Society in London.
- 1911 - Air Mail's first official flight took place in Allahabad, which is 10 kms. Had to The first time the mail was sent to the aircraft in India, in which 6500 letters were taken to Naini.
- 1915 - Germany's blockade of the first world war.
- 1930 - Pluto, the ninth planet in our solar system, was discovered by Clyde Taumbaugh for a long time. Later, Pluto withdrew the status of the planet.
- 1941 - American singer Emma Thomas was born.
- 1943 - Nazi army arrests White Rose movement members.
- 1945 - In the Second World War, the fight for Eva Jima began.
- 1946 - Royal naval rebellion occurred in Mumbai.
- 1954 - First Church of Scientology was founded in California.
- 1965 - The Gambia becomes independent from the rule of the United Kingdom.
- 1970 - In the Philippines, the youth attacked the US Embassy in protest of US military bases.
- 1971 - Satellite linkage between India and Britain has grown.
- 1977 - American actor Andy Devine died.
- 1979 - Snowfall occurred in the first and the last recorded record in the Sahara desert. The United States gave a check of Rs 1664 crore to India, which is considered to be the largest amount in the world.
- 1983 - U.S. The biggest loot so far happened in the history of the 13 people who died.
- 1988 - Boris Yeltsin was removed from the Political Bureau of the ruling Communist Party.
- 1989 - Afghan government announces emergency.
- 1991 - The Irish Republican Army took responsibility for the explosion at Victoria Station, in which many people were killed.
- 1998 - C. Subrahmanyam honored with Bharat Ratna.
- 1999 - India and Bangladesh signed an agreement on bus service.
- 1999 - S. No. America declared the first place in the list of arms exporting countries.
- 1999 - India's first flu case registered in Poultry Farm of Maharashtra.
- 1999 - Thar Express opening between India and Pakistan.
- 2001 - FBI agent Robert Hansen has been arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. After conviction, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 2002 - The President converted into life imprisonment for the execution of Fiji's revolting leader George Spate.
- 2003 - 134 people were killed in a Metro train in the main city of Taigu in South Korea.
- 2007 - A bomb blast in the Samjhauta Express going to Lahore from Delhi killed 68 people.
- 2008 - The Reserve Bank of India allowed Swiss bank UDAC AG to do business in the country.
Following eight years of military rule, general elections were held in Pakistan.
- 2009 - Central University Bill 200 appeared in the Lok Sabha.
- 2014 - At least 76 people were killed and hundreds injured in a clash between police and demonstrators in Kiev's capital Kiev.
The person born on 18 February
- 1926 - Nalini Jayewant - one of the beautiful and famous actresses of Indian cinema.
- 1925 - Krishna Sobati, Hindi poet.
- 1933 - Nimmi - one of the famous actresses of Indian Hindi films.
- 1883 - Madan Lal Dhingra - Indian Revolutionary.
- 1899 - Gyanarayan Vyas, freedom fighter.
- 1836 - Ramkrishna Paramahansa aka Gadadhar Chatterjee - The great saint and thinker of India and Guru of Swami Vivekananda.
- 1894 - Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, freedom fighter and politician.
- 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - was one of the chief saints of Bhaktikal.
- 1927 - Khayyam - Bollywood's famous musician.
Death on 18th February
- 1266 - Mohammed Shah - The eighth Sultan of the Mamluk Empire (Ghulam Dynasty) Naseeruddin.
- 1294 - Qubay Khan, Mongol Commander.
- 1405 - Timur lung.
- 1546 - Martin Luther, German Reformer.
- 1977 - American actor Andy Devine's dying.
- 2016 - Abdul Rashid Khan - Hindustani classical vocalists honored by Padma Bhushan.