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What happened in history on this day: February 18?
On February 18 in ...
- 1978 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 20th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: The Eagles for "Hotel California";
Album of the Year: Fleetwood Mac for "Rumours";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)";
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: James Taylor for "Handy Man";
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group: Bee Gees for "How Deep Is Your Love";
Best Pop Instrumental Recording: John Williams for "Star Wars";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Crystal Gayle for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue";
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Kenny Rogers for "Lucille".
Births on February 18
- 1877 - Birth of Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora]; Dutch author/actress (Dead Water).
- 1883 - Birth of Tom Walls in Kingsthorpe, England; actor/producer (Undercover).
- 1884 - Birth of Burt Mustin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show).
- 1888 - Birth of Gladys Cooper in England, actress (Margaret - The Rogues).
- 1890 - Birth of Adolphe Menjou in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Front Page, A Star is Born).
- 1890 - Birth of Edward Arnold in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington).
- 1891 - Birth of Chester Clute in New Jersey, USA; actor (Niagra Falls).
- 1901 - Birth of Reginald Sheffield in London, England; actor (Second Chance).
- 1907 - Birth of Billy Dewolfe in Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Good Morning World).
- 1913 - Birth of Dane Clark in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason).
- 1917 - Birth of Phyllis Calvert in London, England; actress (Man in Grey).
- 1920 - Birth of Volodymyr Palahniuk AKA Jack Palance AKA Jack Brazzo AKA Walter Palance in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (City Slickers).
- 1922 - Birth of Allan Melvin in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Phil Silvers Show, Barney - All in the Family).
- 1923 - Birth of Allan Melvin in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (The Brady Bunch, Barney - All in Family).
- 1925 - Birth of George Kennedy in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight).
- 1926 - Birth of Harry "Little" Caesar; blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer and Eddie).
- 1939 - Birth of Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning; actress (Potasch and Perlemoer).
- 1945 - Birth of Michael Nader in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Peter - Gidget, Dex Dexter - Dynasty, All My Children).
- 1948 - Birth of Sinead Cusack in Ireland; actress (Waterland, Revenge).
- 1949 - Birth of Cybill Shepherd in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show).
- 1954 - Birth of John Travolta in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction).
- 1955 - Birth of Hunt Block in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Peter - Knots Landing, Ben Warren - Guiding Light).
- 1957 - Birth of Vanna White [Rosich] in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA; TV game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune).
- 1960 - Birth of Greta Scacchi in Milan, Italy; actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief).
- 1962 - Birth of Julie Strain in Concord, California, USA; actress (Witchcraft IV).
- 1964 - Birth of Lisa Elaine Comshaw in Akron, Ohio, USA; actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas' Child).
- 1964 - Birth of Matt Dillon in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Little Darlings, Kansas).
- 1968 - Birth of Molly Ringwald in Roseville, California, USA; actress (Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink).
Deaths on February 18
- 1938 - Alida J Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at age 64.
- 1963 - Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at age 73.
- 1976 - Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), dies at age 88.
- 1977 - Andy Devine AKA Jeremiah Schwartz, actor (Andy's Gang), dies at age 71.
- 1977 - Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at age 77.
- 1978 - Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at age 84.
- 1978 - Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at age 71.
- 1978 - Death of Maggie McNamara at age 49, American actress (Three Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal) (born 1928).
- 1980 - Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at age 58.
- 1982 - Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at age 58.
- 1993 - Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at age 82.
- 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).
- 2002 - Death of Harvey Kirck of a heart attack at age 73; news anchor (CTV National News 1966-1984, Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2000).
- 2022 - Death of Lindsey Pearlman, found dead at age 43 in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Empire TV show, General Hospital TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Barbara Bosson at age 83 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hill Street Blues TV show).
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