18TH
FEBRUARY
NATIONAL DAY OF GAMBIA & NEPAL.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST COLMAN OF LINDISFARNE; ST FLAVIAN OF
JERUSALEM; ST SIMEON OF JERUSALEM; ST THEOTONIUS; & ST HELLADIUS OF TOLEDO." |
| 18TH |
1478 |
THE "DUKE OF CLARENCE" IS FORCIBLY DROWNED IN A
WINE BARREL IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. |
| 18TH |
1503 |
"HENRY TUDOR" IS CREATED
"PRINCE OF WALES" LATER "HENRY VIII." |
| 18TH |
1793 |
SCHOOL OPENED IN AN UNFINISHED CHURCH BUILDING IN SYDNEY. |
| 18TH |
1796 |
SCOTTISH MARTYR, "THOMAS
MUIR" ESCAPES IN THE AMERICAN VESSEL OTTER TO PARIS. |
| 18TH |
1828 |
MORE THAN 100 VESSELS ARE DESTROYED OFF GIGRALTAR IN A STORM. |
| 18TH |
1876 |
THE DIRECT TELEGRAPH LINK BETWEEN
BRITAIN & NEW ZEALAND IS COMPLETED. |
| 18TH |
1885 |
"MARK TWAIN’S," "ADVENTURES OF
HUCKLEBERRY FINN," IS PUBLISHED. |
| 18TH |
1915 |
GERMANY BEGINS A BLOCKADE OF ENGLAND. |
| 18TH |
1930 |
U.S. ASTRONOMER, ‘CLYDE TOMBAUGH’ DISCOVERED A NEW
PLANET, ‘PLUTO.’ |
| 18TH |
1930 |
A COW WAS FLOWN & MILKED, THE MILK
SEALED IN PAPER CONTAINERS & PARACHUTED TO EARTH. |
| 18TH |
1946 |
"ARCHBISHOP GILROY" OF SYDNEY BECOMES THE FIRST
AUSTRALIAN BORN CARDINAL. |
| 18TH |
1960 |
THE 8TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN IN
SQUAW VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, USA. |
| 18TH |
1963 |
"QUEEN ELIZABETH II" & THE "DUKE OF
EDINBURGH" BEGIN A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA IN CANBERRA. |
| 18TH |
1965 |
GAS IS STRUCK AT
"ESSO-BHP’S" BARRACOUTA WELL IN BASS STRAIT. (OIL IS FOUND LATER) |
| 18TH |
1968 |
BRITAIN ADOPTS YEAR ROUND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. |
| 18TH |
1968 |
"DAVID GILMORE JOINS "PINK
FLOYD" AS LEAD SINGER, GUITARIST. |
| 18TH |
1969 |
‘BEE GEE,’ "MAURICE GIBB" MARRIES BRITISH
POP STAR, "LULU." |
| 18TH |
1973 |
A 54kg OCTOPUS MEASURING 7metres ACROSS
IS CAPTURED IN HOOD CANAL, WASHINGTON, USA. |
| 18TH |
1978 |
FIRST IRON MAN TRIATHLON, IS HELD AT KONA, HAWAII. |
| 18TH |
1992 |
A TRUCK CARRYING 102 COFFINS KILLED A
PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS TRYING TO CROSS A SIX-LANE HIGHWAY, IN DELAWARE. |
| 18TH |
1998 |
"KIMBERLY COOPER" MADE HER DEBUT AS "GYPSY
NASH" ON THE TELEVISION DRAMA, "HOME & AWAY." |
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