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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 18
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Günter Haese; German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967).
- 100th: 1924 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
- 100th: 1924 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger.
- 100th: 1924 - US Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Aldo Ceccato in Milan, Italy; conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973-77).
- 90th: 1934 - In Seville, Spain, a house is struck by a falling meteorite and burns.
- 80th: 1944 - Cincinnati Reds sign youngest baseball player, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of John Travolta in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kevin Tapani in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twin).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lisa Elaine Comshaw in Akron, Ohio, USA; actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas' Child).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Matt Dillon in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Little Darlings, Kansas).
- 60th: 1964 - Papandreou government takes power in Greece.
- 50th: 1974 - NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km).
- 50th: 1974 - US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan presents US$2,046,700,000 check.
- 40th: 1984 - Revised concordat between Italy and the Vatican signed.
- 30th: 1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.43).
- 30th: 1994 - Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at age 76.
- 30th: 1994 - Shreveport Pirates join Canadian Football League as fourth US team.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Noam Pitlik at age 66 from lung cancer; actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Ben Casey, Bob Newhart, Sanford and Son), producer (Barney Miller, 9 to 5).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Michael Larson, Press Your Luck big money winner (born 1949).
- 20th: 2004 - A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.
- 15th: 2009 - Meseret Defar of Ethiopia breaks the world indoor record in the women's 5,000-metres at the GE Gala meet in Stockholm, Sweden, covering the distance in a time of 14:24.37.
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