February 18 in History
What happened on February 18 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on february 18 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on february 18 in history.
?>1982
Mexico devalues the peso by 30 percent to fight an economic slide.
1974
Randolph Hearst is to give $2 million in free food for the poor in order to open talks for his daughter Patty.
1972
The California Supreme Court voids the death penalty.
1968
Three U.S. pilots that were held by the Vietnamese arrive in Washington.
1967
The National Art Gallery in Washington agrees to buy a Da Vinci for a record $5 million.
1964
The United States cuts military aid to five nations in reprisal for having trade relations with Cuba.
1962
Robert F. Kennedy says that U.S. troops will stay in Vietnam until Communism is defeated.
1954
East and West Berlin drop thousands of propaganda leaflets on each other after the end of a month long truce.
1945
U.S. Marines storm ashore at Iwo Jima.
1944
The U.S. Army and Marines invade Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific.
1943
German General Erwin Rommel takes three towns in Tunisia, North Africa.
1939
The Golden Gate Exposition opens in San Francisco.
1935
Rome reports sending troops to Italian Somalia.
1932
Manchurian independence is formally declared.
1920
Vuillemin and Chalus complete their first flight over the Sahara Desert.
1907
600,000 tons of grain are sent to Russia to relieve the famine there.
1885
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is published in New York.
1878
The bitter and bloody Lincoln County War begins with the murder of Billy the Kid‘s mentor, Englishman rancher John Tunstall.
1865
Union troops force the Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson, N.C.
1861
Victor Emmanuel II becomes the first King of Italy.
1861
Jefferson F. Davis is inaugurated as the Confederacy‘s provisional president at a ceremony held in Montgomery, Ala.
1813
Czar Alexander enters Warsaw at the head of his Army.
1688
Quakers in Germantown, Pa. adopt the first formal antislavery resolution in America.
1478
George, the Duke of Clarence, who had opposed his brother Edward IV, is murdered in the Tower of London.