February 18

The Feb. 18 (Austrian. And February) is the 49th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 316 days (in leap years 317 days) by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

1126: Lothar von Supplinburg in the battle of Chlumec

• 1126 : In inheritance dispute to the Duchy of Bohemia finds battle of chlumec instead. The Premyslide Soběslav I. wins it over his rival Otto II. Of Moravia , which falls in battle. The Roman-German King Lothar von Supplinburg, who supported him with an army, was taken prisoner.

1229: Emperor Friedrich II. (Left) meets Sultan al-Kamil

• 1229 : Sultan Al-Kamil and Emperor Friedrich II agree a ten-year truce in the Peace of Jaffa during the crusade of Frederick II . Jerusalem , Nazareth and Bethlehem are ceded to the Kingdom of Jerusalem , but may not be fortified militarily.
• 1268 : A Russian force from Novgorodians and Pskovs defeats a German-Danish army of knights in the battle of Wesenberg in Estonia, thus stopping further expansion attempts by the Brothers of the Sword .
• 1478 : George Plantagenet, condemned to death for high treason , 1st Duke of Clarence , brother and rival of Edward IV from the House of York , who is currently in the Wars of the Roses for the English throne, is - allegedly by drowning in a wine barrel - executed.
• 1563 : During the siege of Orléans , François de Lorraine, duc de Guise , the leader of the Catholic armed forces in the First Huguenot War , is seriously wounded by an assassination attempt by Jean de Poltrot de Mérés ; six days later he dies.

1587: execution of Maria Stuart

• 1587 : The Scottish Queen Mary Queen of Scots, convicted of her involvement in the Babington conspiracy of 1586, is executed in Fotheringhay Castle in England after a total of 19 years in captivity .
• 1814 : Napoleon Bonaparte wins the battle of Montereau against the allied Austrians and Wuerttembergians at Montereau-Fault-Yonne .
• 1841 : The first filibuster (marathon speech ) begins in the US Senate and lasts until March 11th.
• 1846 : An uprising takes place in the Republic of Cracow aimed at self-government of its affairs. The Austrian army puts down the rebellion of the Poles .

1853: Assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph

• 1853 : The Hungarian tailor János Libényi carries out an assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna, which is thwarted by the imperial adjutant Maximilian O'Donell von Tyrconell and the butcher Josef Ettenreich .

1856: Millard Fillmore

• 1856 : The anti - immigrant and anti-Catholic Know-Nothing movement nominates its first presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore , in Philadelphia .
• 1861 : Jefferson Davis is sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America .
• 1873 : The freedom fighter Wassil Levski , ideologue and leader of the Bulgarian independence movement , is hanged by the Ottoman authorities in Sofia .
• 1913 : Raymond Poincaré becomes French President.
• 1915 : The war-critical politician Rosa Luxemburg has to serve a one-year prison sentence in Berlin, to which a court sentenced her the previous year.
• 1932 : Japan declares the independence of Manchuria , which it occupied during the Manchurian Crisis , from China . On March 1st, the puppet state of Manchukuo is founded.
• 1937 : Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler branded homosexuality as "abnormal life" in his secret speech to the SS group leaders in Bad Tölz .

1943: Memorial for the White Rose in front of the University of Munich

• 1943 : The siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl , members of the White Rose resistance group , are seen distributing leaflets at Munich University and arrested.

1943: Goebbels in the Berlin Sports Palace

• 1943 : Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for "total war" in his Sportpalast speech in Berlin .
• 1944 : On the second day of Operation Hailstone , the United States succeeds in destroying one of the most important Japanese bases in the Truk Atoll in the Pacific War .
• 1945 : Wroclaw , encircled by the Red Army in World War II , is declared a fortress by the National Socialists .
• 1952 : Greece and Turkey become members of the NATO military alliance .
• 1957 : The Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is hanged by the British colonial government for his involvement in the Mau Mau war and is buried in a mass grave.

1965: Gambia colonial flag

1965: Flag of the independent Gambia

• 1965 : Gambia becomes independent from Great Britain and admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations . At the same time, the flag , coat of arms and the national anthem For The Gambia Our Homeland are introduced.
• 1972 : The California Supreme Court declares in the decision California v. Anderson the death penalty in California unconstitutional and all pending executions converts to life imprisonment.
• 1990 : The Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) in Thuringia is founded in Sonneberg by the Bavarian state parliament member Walter Knauer and the social manager Edmund Fröhlich . This is the first establishment of the AWO in the territory of the GDR - 57 years after the ban by the National Socialists.
• 2000 : Stjepan Mesić succeeds Franjo Tuđman as President of Croatia .
• 2005 : The controversial Parliament Act , banning fox hunting in England and Wales , enters into force.

economy

• 1869 : The first railway line in Greece is opened. It leads from Athens to Piraeus .
• 1879 : George W. McGill receives a patent in the USA for a single staple device , which he developed from the staple press he had invented years earlier.
• 1911 : The French pilot Henri Pequet carries out the first mail transport by plane . In India he uses his double-decker to transport 6,000 letters and postcards from Allahabad to Naini, eight kilometers away.
• 1936 : The United States Patent Office grants Frank A. Redford a design patent for a building shape that leads to the creation of Wigwam Motels .

science and technology

• 1804 : As American Western University later in is Ohio University renamed University founded.

1930: Clyde W. Tombaugh

• 1930 : Clyde Tombaugh , employed by the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, specifically to discover the legendary Trans- Neptune, discovers the planet Pluto in photographs taken in January, which will be demoted to a dwarf planet over 75 years later .

1977: The Enterprise on the back of a Boeing 747

• 1977 : The Space Shuttle Enterprise begins its maiden flight unmanned on the back of a Boeing 747 .

Culture

• 1706 : The premiere of the opera Alcione by Marin Marais takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris .
• 1743 : The oratorio Samson by George Frideric Handel is premiered at the Covent Garden Theater in London.
• 1860 : The premiere of the opera Philémon et Baucis by Charles Gounod takes place in Paris .

1885: Huckleberry Finn

• 1885 : Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the USA after its publication in Great Britain and Canada.
• 1893 : More than 46 years after the concert premiere in Paris, the staged world premiere of the “dramatic legend” La damnation de Faust (Damnation of Faust) by Hector Berlioz takes place in Monte Carlo.
• 1921 : The operetta Die Tanzgräfin by Robert Stolz is premiered at the Wallner Theater in Berlin.

1928: The New Theater in Leipzig

• 1928 : The comic opera Der Zar can be photographed by Kurt Weill is premiered at the New Theater in Leipzig.
• 1947 : First performance of the opera Das Telefon or Die Liebe zu threes by Gian Carlo Menotti at the Heckscher Theater in New York . The work should complement the previously performed short opera Das Medium as a “curtain raiser” . In both cases the composer was also his own librettist.
• 2001 : In Berlin , the French director Patrice Chéreau wins the Golden Bear at the International Film Festival .
• 2006 : At the award ceremony of the Berlinale , the feature film Esma's Secret - Grbavica by the Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić is awarded the Golden Bear .
• 2006 : The Rolling Stones play the biggest concert of all time on their A Bigger Bang tour in front of around 1.2 million people at Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro .
• 2010 : The Mannheim publishing house Brockhaus sells the manuscript of Giacomo Casanova's memoirs (“ Histoire de ma vie ”) to the French Ministry of Culture for 7.2 million euros . At this point in time it is the highest sum ever paid for a manuscript.

society

• 1878 : The Lincoln County Cattle War begins in New Mexico and brings Billy the Kid dubious fame.

1895: Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas

1895: John Sholto Douglas

• 1895 : John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry , the father of Alfred Douglas , with whom Oscar Wilde has a relationship, leaves a message in his club “for Oscar Wilde, the posing sodomite”. In doing so, he provokes a libel suit, which will lead to Wilde's criminal conviction for homosexuality and his social ruin.
• 1949 : The 28-year-old robbery murderer Richard Schuh is executed with a guillotine in Tübingen . This was the last execution ordered by a West German court . The death penalty will be abolished with the entry into force of the Basic Law in May of that year.
• 1976 : A defective bolt leads to the collapse of the 350-meter-high SL3 transmitter mast in Burg near Magdeburg , which is used to broadcast Radio Volga in the long-wave range .
• 2003 : In the Daegu subway in South Korea, an apparently mentally confused suicide attacker sets a fire that kills at least 198 people.

religion

1946: Cardinal Clemens August von Galen

• 1946 : The German bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen , who became known for his sermons against National Socialism as the Lion of Münster , was appointed by Pope Pius XII in Rome. appointed cardinal with the titular church of San Bernardo alle Terme .
• 1984 : A Concordat between the Holy See and Italy revises parts of the Lateran Treaties . The Catholicism does not remain more state religion , state benefits to the church to be rearranged. Rome loses the name of the Holy City .

Disasters

• 1942 : The American destroyer Truxtun runs aground in bad weather during an escort mission in Placentia Bay in Canada, breaks apart and sinks. Over 100 people are killed.
• 1969 : The assassination in Kloten is on -Kloten Zurich Airport a passenger plane of the Israeli airline El-Al four Fatah - assassins fired, and the co-pilot and a bomber died.
• 1979 : End of the snow disaster in Northern Germany in 1978 .
• 2004 : At least 320 people, including around 200 rescue workers, are killed in a freight train fire in the Nishapur railway accident in Iran .

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .

Sports

• 1910 : The International Ski Commission ( CIS ), the predecessor organization of the Fédération Internationale de Ski ( FIS ), is founded in Kristiania , Norway .

1960: Logo of the VIII Winter Olympics

• 1960 : US Vice President Richard Nixon opens the VIII Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , which will last until February 28th. Walt Disney is responsible for the opening ceremony .
• 2001 : Dale Earnhardt had a fatal accident as a NASCAR participant at the Daytona 500 . The incident subsequently triggers higher security measures by SAFER Barriers .
• 2006 : During the XX. At the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, due to the presence of the trainer Walter Mayer , who was banned for the Olympic Games, a large-scale search of people and houses in the quarters of the Austrian cross-country skiers and biathletes takes place. The doping samples taken in the process all turn out to be negative in retrospect.

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1276 : Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot , English nobleman
• 1515 : Valerius Cordus , German botanist, doctor, pharmacologist and naturalist

Maria I (* 1516)

• 1516 : Mary I , Queen of England and Ireland
• 1526 : Charles de l'Écluse , French scholar, doctor and botanist
• 1530 : Uesugi Kenshin , daimyo of the Japanese Sengoku period
• 1543 : Charles III. , Duke of Lorraine
• 1559 : Isaac Casaubon , French scholar, Protestant and humanist
• 1566 : Francesco Erizzo , 98th Doge of Venice
• 1571 : Hans Caspar Lang the Elder , Swiss glass, panel and facade painter and book illustrator
• 1584 : Hans Ernst von Jagemann , German court official and officer
• 1595 : Johann Böhme , German sculptor
• 1602 : Per Brahe the Younger , Swedish statesman
• 1602 : Michelangelo Cerquozzi , Italian painter
• 1609 : Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon , English statesman and historian
• 1632 : Giovanni Battista Vitali , Italian violinist, singer and composer
• 1650 : Adalbert von Schleifras , prince abbot of Fulda
• 1652 : Paul Gottfried Sperling , German medic
• 1658 : Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg , Bishop of Constance
• 1666 : Wilhelm Hyacinth , Prince of Orange
• 1671 : Matthias Kraus , German butcher, leader of the Kraus uprising
• 1677 : Jacques Cassini , French astronomer and geographer
• 1679 : Samuel Walther , German writer
• 1692 : Johann Michael Fischer , German builder

18th century

• 1703 : Corrado Giaquinto , Italian painter
• 1718 : Søren Abildgaard , Danish biologist and illustrator
• 1718 : Robert Henry , Scottish historian
• 1732 : Johann Christian Kittel , German composer and organist (baptism date)

Alessandro Volta (* 1745)

• 1745 : Alessandro Volta , Italian physicist, inventor of the battery and the plate capacitor, pioneer of electricity
• 1761 : Johann Bernhard Hermann , German intellectual
• 1762 : Peter Jochims , German civil servant
• 1770 : Johann Gottlieb Brucker , German medic
• 1770 : Christian Heinrich Rinck , German Biedermeier composer
• 1780 : Johann Georg Daniel Arnold , German lawyer and writer
• 1792 : James Abercrombie , American lawyer and politician
• 1795 : George Peabody , American entrepreneur and philanthropist
• 1797 : John Bell , American politician, Secretary of War, Senator, member and speaker of the US House of Representatives
• 1797 : Otto von der Groeben , Prussian manor owner and politician

19th century

1801-1850

• 1806 : Georg Achleitner , Austrian lawyer and politician
• 1806 : Eduard Heis , German mathematician and astronomer
• 1812 : James K. Gibson , American politician
• 1812 : Robert Treat Paine , American politician
• 1812 : Wilhelm Rütter , German organ builder

Alexander Duncker (* 1813)

• 1813 : Alexander Duncker , German publisher and bookseller
• 1814 : Samuel Fenton Cary , American lawyer, farmer, and politician
• 1815 : Ferdinand Adolph Lange , German watchmaker and entrepreneur
• 1816 : Frederick W. Green , American politician
• 1817 : Lewis Addison Armistead , American Confederate Brigadier General in the American Civil War
• 1817 : Johannes Bosboom , Dutch painter
• 1819 : Asa Grover , American politician
• 1822 : Georg Oechsner , German businessman, politician, MdR, Lord Mayor of Mainz
• 1825 : Mór Jókai , Hungarian writer and journalist
• 1826 : Lea Ahlborn , Swedish artist
• 1827 : Heinrich Brugsch , German Egyptologist
• 1829 : Jacob A. Ambler , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives
• 1829 : Rudolf Kögel , German theologian
• 1831 : John F. Follett , American politician
• 1832 : Octave Chanute , American railroad engineer and aviation pioneer
• 1838 : Ernst Mach , Austrian physicist
• 1839 : August Thon , German legal scholar
• 1840 : Orlando Hubbs , American politician
• 1841 : Samuel Prowse Warren , Canadian organist and composer
• 1842 : William H. Calkins , American politician
• 1843 : Adelina Patti , Spanish soprano
• 1847 : Justin Rice Whiting , American politician

Louis Comfort Tiffany (* 1848)

• 1848 : Louis Comfort Tiffany , American painter and glass artist
• 1849 : Jérôme-Eugène Coggia , French astronomer
• 1849 : Alexander Lange Kielland , Norwegian writer

1851-1900

• 1855 : Adolf Frey , Swiss writer and literary historian
• 1855 : Marie Stritt , German women's rights activist
• 1857 : Max Klinger , German sculptor, painter and graphic artist of symbolism
• 1857 : Ferdinand Wittenbauer , Austrian technician
• 1858 : Louise of Belgium , Belgian princess
• 1858 : Wilhelm Schmidt , German engineer and inventor
• 1858 : Charles Henri Hubert Spronck , Dutch medic
• 1860 : John C. McKenzie , American politician
• 1860 : Anders Zorn , Swedish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
• 1861 : William Throsby Bridges , Australian officer
• 1866 : Francis R. Lassiter , American lawyer and politician

Hedwig Courths-Mahler (* 1867)

• 1867 : Hedwig Courths-Mahler , German writer
• 1868 : Sophie Haemmerli-Marti , Swiss writer
• 1870 : Edwin Denby , American lawyer and politician
• 1871 : Bernard Crocé-Spinelli , French composer
• 1871 : Ludwig Woltmann , German anthropologist
• 1871 : George Udny Yule , British statistician
• 1872 : Fernand Halphen , French composer
• 1873 : Thomas F. Ford , American politician
• 1874 : Paul Arbelet , French Romance studies and Stendhal specialist
• 1874 : Gaston Delalande , French racing car driver
• 1875 : Walter Andrae , German building researcher and archaeologist
• 1875 : Ludwig Külz , German physician and Africa researcher

Wilhelm Külz (* 1875)

• 1875 : Wilhelm Külz , German politician, MdR, Reich Minister of the Interior, Lord Mayor of Dresden
• 1877 : Hans Helmhart Auer von Herrenkirchen , German economist and university professor
• 1877 : Petar Krstić , Serbian composer
• 1878 : Ada Adler , Danish classical philologist and librarian
• 1878 : Regino Boti , Cuban writer
• 1878 : Hans Mühlhofer , German actor, radio play speaker and reciter
• 1880 : Ernst von Aster , German philosopher and historian of philosophy
• 1880 : Eric DeLamarter , American composer
• 1884 : Julius Gold , American violinist, musicologist and educator
• 1884 : Alphonse Martin , Canadian organist, pianist and music teacher
• 1885 : Henri Laurens , French sculptor
• 1887 : Gaik Bschischkjan , Russian military
• 1887 : Juan Peiró , Spanish economist and anarchist
• 1889 : Josef Leopold , Austrian politician, Gauleiter and regional leader of the NSDAP in Austria
• 1889 : Gerhard Marcks , German sculptor and graphic artist
• 1889 : Aloysius Muench , US Curia Cardinal, first nuncio in the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1890 : Edward Arnold , American actor
• 1890 : Vladimir Mikhailovich Korezki , Russian lawyer
• 1890 : Adolphe Menjou , American actor

Wendell Willkie (* 1892)

• 1892 : Wendell Willkie , American lawyer, presidential candidate
• 1893 : Maxim Harezki , Belarusian writer
• 1895 : Pete Henderson , Canadian racing car driver
• 1895 : Hermann Florstedt , German officer of the SS and Waffen-SS, camp commandant of the Majdanek concentration camp
• 1895 : Gustav von Wangenheim , German actor and director
• 1896 : Lothar Müthel , German actor and theater director
• 1898 : Enzo Ferrari , Italian racing driver, founder of the Ferrari car manufacturer
• 1898 : Briton Hadden , American publisher
• 1899 : Erich Kosiol , German professor of business administration
• 1900 : Juliette Pétrie , Canadian actress, comedian, singer and dancer

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Alfred Grünberg , German worker, resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1902 : Günter Adolphi , German process engineer and university professor

Nikolai Podgorny (* 1903)

• 1903 : Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny , Soviet politician of Ukrainian origin, head of state of the Soviet Union
• 1904 : Otto Rahn , German writer
• 1905 : Ludwig Arnold , German politician
• 1906 : Hans Asperger , Austrian pediatrician
• 1908 : Hans Kahrmann , German motorcycle racer
• 1908 : Marga Legal , German actress
• 1909 : Matti Järvinen , Finnish javelin thrower, Olympic champion
• 1909 : Dido Sotiriou , Greek writer
• 1911 : Auður Auðuns , Icelandic lawyer and politician
• 1911 : Hans Woellke , German athlete, Olympic champion
• 1912 : Heinz Kühn , German politician, MdB, MdL, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, MEP
• 1913 : Artur Axmann , German politician, youth leader of the German Reich and Reich youth leader of the NSDAP
• 1913 : Devery Freeman , American screenwriter
• 1914 : João Chedid , Lebanese bishop in Brazil
• 1914 : Pee Wee King , American country musician
• 1915 : Sembiin Gontschigsumlaa , Mongolian composer
• 1917 : Gina Amendola , Italian actress
• 1919 : Josef Fleckenstein , German historian

Amir Abbas Hoveyda (* 1919)

• 1919 : Amir Abbas Hoveyda , Iranian political scientist and Prime Minister
• 1919 : Jack Palance , American actor
• 1920 : Eddie Slovik , American soldier, deserter
• 1920 : Rolande Falcinelli , French composer and organist
• 1920 : Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Dutch astronomer
• 1922 : Valentīna Freimane , Latvian-Jewish film and theater scholar
• 1922 : Hazy Osterwald , Swiss musician, singer and orchestra leader
• 1922 : Juhan Smuul , Estonian writer and poet
• 1923 : Wilhelm Hennis , German political scientist
• 1924 : Elisabeth Amort , German author
• 1925 : Fritz Apel , German football player
• 1925 : George Kennedy , American actor
• 1925 : Alois Purgathofer , Austrian astronomer

1926-1950

• 1926 : AR Ammons , American college professor and poet
• 1926 : Klaus Bungert , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf
• 1927 : Rik Battaglia , Italian actor
• 1927 : Eddy Bernard , French jazz pianist
• 1928 : Peter Arens , Swiss actor and theater director

Eeva Kilpi (born 1928)

• 1928 : Eeva Kilpi , Finnish writer and poet
• 1928 : René Leudesdorff , German clergyman and author
• 1929 : Inge Brandenburg , German jazz singer and theater actress
• 1929 : Len Deighton , British photographer and author
• 1929 : Eduardo Lagos , Argentine pianist, composer and music critic
• 1929 : André Mathieu , Canadian pianist and composer
• 1929 : Günther Schramm , German actor, television presenter and singer
• 1930 : Gerd Aretz , German graphic artist
• 1930 : Bradley Smith , American revisionist
• 1931 : Ruprecht Düll , German botanist
• 1931 : Rolf Losansky , German director

Toni Morrison (* 1931)

• 1931 : Toni Morrison , American writer, Nobel Prize winner
• 1931 : Margarete Müller , SED functionary
• 1931 : Bob St. Clair , American football player
• 1932 : Andreas Meyer-Hanno , German gay activist and music professor
• 1932 : Miloš Forman , Czech director, actor and screenwriter
• 1932 : Wolfgang Mitzinger , German electrician and Minister for Coal and Energy of the GDR
• 1933 : Gerhard Frey , German publisher and politician, chairman of the DVU
• 1933 : Yoko Ono , Japanese-American artist and singer
• 1933 : Gerhard Rödding , German theologian and politician, MdL
• 1934 : Skip Battin , American country rock singer and bassist
• 1934 : Aldo Ceccato , Italian conductor
• 1934 : Heini Müller , German soccer player and coach
• 1936 : Jean M. Auel , American writer

Egon Adler (* 1937)

• 1937 : Egon Adler , German cyclist
• 1937 : Rolf Jaeger , German handball player and trainer
• 1937 : Elisabeth Roloff , German organist
• 1938 : Louis-Marie Billé , French cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon
• 1938 : Elke Erb , German poet and writer
• 1938 : Sadanoyama Shinmatsu , Japanese sumo wrestler, chairman of the Japanese sumo association
• 1938 : István Szabó , Hungarian film director
• 1938 : Manfred Wolter , German author and director
• 1939 : Marek Janowski , German conductor
• 1939 : Ray Lovejoy , British film editor
• 1939 : Federico Moleiro , Venezuelan poet
• 1939 : Marlos Nobre , Brazilian composer

Fabrizio De André (* 1940)

• 1940 : Fabrizio De André , Italian songwriter
• 1940 : Charles Robert Jenkins , American soldier
• 1940 : Anna Oppermann , German visual artist
• 1941 : David Blue , American singer and songwriter
• 1941 : Lajos Dudas , Hungarian jazz clarinetist
• 1942 : Katsuaki Asai , Japanese aikidō teacher
• 1942 : Martin Ness , German table tennis player
• 1942 : Johannes Schmitt , German athlete
• 1945 : Gerd Neuser , German soccer coach
• 1947 : Dennis DeYoung , American musician
• 1947 : Eliot Engel , American politician
• 1947 : Carlos Lopes , Portuguese athlete
• 1948 : Georg Brunnhuber , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1948 : Eckart Modrow , German educator and author
• 1949 : Gary Ridgway , American serial killer
• 1949 : Hans-Georg Türstig , German writer and translator, painter and photographer

1951-1975

• 1952 : Hansjörg Aemisegger , Swiss cyclist
• 1952 : Efva Katarina Attling , Swedish actress, model and jewelry designer
• 1952 : Randy Crawford , American jazz and soul singer
• 1952 : Juice Newton , American country singer
• 1952 : Johann Schneider-Ammann , Swiss entrepreneur and politician
• 1953 : Urs Bosshardt , Swiss actor
• 1953 : Mihkel Mutt , Estonian writer
• 1954 : Sigisbert Dolinschek , Austrian politician
• 1954 : Marty Howe , American ice hockey player

John Travolta (born 1954)

• 1954 : John Travolta , American actor, dancer, producer, and writer
• 1955 : Dominique Delestre , French racing car driver
• 1956 : Rüdiger Abramczik , German soccer player and coach
• 1956 : Horst Ludwig Meyer , German RAF terrorist
• 1956 : Bruce Rauner , American politician and entrepreneur
• 1957 : Marita Koch , German athlete
• 1957 : Vanna White , American "wheel of fortune fairy"
• 1958 : Peter Kremer , German actor
• 1958 : Giovanni Lavaggi , Italian racing driver
• 1959 : Jayne Atkinson , American actress
• 1959 : Gerry Ehrmann , German soccer player
• 1960 : Dirk Brossé , Belgian composer and conductor
• 1960 : Gazebo , Italian singer and songwriter
• 1960 : Greta Scacchi , Italian film actress
• 1960 : Niggi Schmassmann , Swiss motorcycle racer
• 1961 : Marion Aizpors , German swimmer
• 1961 : Werner Biermeier , Swiss actor

Armin Laschet (* 1961)

• 1961 : Armin Laschet , German politician, MdL, MEP, State Minister
• 1961 : Hagen Liebing , German musician and senior music editor
• 1961 : Frank Schulz , German soccer player
• 1962 : Sandra Ravioli , Swiss economist and author
• 1963 : Michel Der Zakarian , French football player
• 1963 : Anders Frisk , Swedish insurance salesman and football referee
• 1963 : Angelika Niebler , German lawyer, politician and MEP
• 1964 : Matt Dillon , American actor
• 1964 : Brett Guthrie , American politician
• 1964 : Paul Hanley , British musician
• 1964 : Jared Huffman , American politician
• 1964 : Sven Martinek , German actor
• 1964 : Jan Vogler , German cellist
• 1965 : Dr. Dre , American rapper and producer
• 1965 : Bettina Schausten , German journalist and presenter
• 1965 : Rainer Schmidt , German table tennis player
• 1966 : Guy Ferland , American film and television director
• 1966 : Dmitri Borissowitsch Konyshev , Russian cyclist
• 1966 : Tamara Vidali , Italian racing car driver

Roberto Baggio (* 1967)

• 1967 : Roberto Baggio , Italian football player
• 1967 : Colin Jackson , British athlete
• 1967 : Michael Wittwer , German soccer player
• 1968 : Robert Orth , German politician
• 1968 : Jukka Perko , Finnish jazz saxophonist
• 1968 : Molly Ringwald , American actress
• 1969 : Alexander Gennadjewitsch Mogilny , Russian ice hockey player
• 1970 : Bonny G. Assan , German bassist and songwriter
• 1970 : Björn Casapietra , Italian tenor, television presenter and actor
• 1971 : Jimmy Kelly , American-German singer, songwriter and guitarist ( Kelly Family )
• 1972 : Khalid Al-Qassimi , Arab rally driver
• 1972 : Christine Aufderhaar , Swiss composer and pianist

Jennifer Brown (* 1972)

• 1972 : Jennifer Brown , Swedish singer
• 1972 : Oxana Kushchenko , Russian freestyle skier
• 1973 : Claude Makélélé , French football player
• 1974 : Julia Butterfly Hill , American environmental activist
• 1974 : Urška Hrovat , Slovenian ski racer
• 1974 : Yevgeny Alexandrovich Kafelnikow , Russian tennis player
• 1974 : Mari Morrow , American actress
• 1974 : Mark Tavassol , German musician and doctor
• 1975 : Gary Neville , English soccer player
• 1975 : Christo Zhivkov , Bulgarian actor
• 1975 : Alexander Sholti , German actor

1976-2000

• 1976 : Daniel Ernemann , German soccer player
• 1976 : Chanda Rubin , American tennis player
• 1976 : Thomas Schmidt , German canoeist
• 1976 : Tytti Tuppurainen , Finnish politician
• 1977 : Hugo Cunha , Portuguese soccer player
• 1977 : Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr , German stage and film actress
• 1977 : Kristoffer Polaha , American actor

Oliver Pocher (* 1978)

• 1978 : Oliver Pocher , German entertainer, showmaster, comedian and actor
• 1978 : Josip Šimunić , Croatian football player
• 1978 : Rubén Xaus , Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1980 : Aivar Anniste , Estonian football player
• 1980 : Nikolai Alexandrovich Antropov , Kazakh ice hockey player
• 1980 : Bernd Friede , Austrian handball player
• 1981 : Peng Bo , Chinese water diver
• 1982 : Marcos Ferreira Xavier , Azerbaijani-Brazilian soccer player
• 1982 : Dmitri Nikolajewitsch Kokarew , Russian chess player
• 1982 : José Rujano , Venezuelan racing cyclist
• 1982 : Juelz Santana , American rapper
• 1982 : Christian Tiffert , German soccer player
• 1982 : Courtney Act , Australian drag queen
• 1982 : Radovan Vujanović , Serbian football player
• 1983 : Monique Henderson , American athlete
• 1983 : Jermaine Jenas , English soccer player
• 1983 : Ilya Sergejewitsch Rosljakow , Russian ski jumper
• 1983 : Roberta Vinci , Italian tennis player
• 1984 : Hansjörg Auer , Austrian climber
• 1984 : Nora Binder , German actress
• 1984 : Carlos Kameni , French-Cameroonian football player
• 1984 : Nick McDonell , American writer
• 1984 : Juan Carlos Menseguez , Argentine soccer player
• 1985 : Anton Ferdinand , English football player
• 1985 : Chelsea Hobbs , Canadian actress
• 1985 : Lee Boyd Malvo , American serial killer
• 1986 : Favorite , German rapper

Alessandra Mastronardi (* 1986)

• 1986 : Alessandra Mastronardi , Italian actress
• 1986 : Marc Torrejón , Spanish soccer player

Michela Cerruti (* 1987)

• 1987 : Michela Cerruti , Italian racing car driver
• 1987 : Cristian Tănase , Romanian football player
• 1987 : Johannes Walbaum , German soccer player
• 1988 : Roman Neustädter , Russian football player
• 1988 : Maiara Walsh , American actress
• 1988 : Andreas Wank , German ski jumper
• 1988 : Ermin Zec , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• 1989 : Xue Chen , Chinese beach volleyball player
• 1989 : Penny Pax , American porn actress
• 1989 : Margie Santimaria , Italian triathlete
• 1989 : SuRie , British singer and songwriter
• 1990 : Bryan Oviedo , Costa Rican soccer player
• 1990 : Taner Yalçın , German-Turkish soccer player
• 1990 : Zsanett Jakabfi , Hungarian football player
• 1991 : Waverly S. Austin , American-German basketball player
• 1991 : Esther Garrel , French actress
• 1991 : Malese Jow , American actress and singer
• 1991 : Sebastian Neumann , German soccer player
• 1992 : Maximilian Lipp , German handball player
• 1992 : Daniel Offenbacher , Austrian soccer player
• 1993 : Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , American basketball player
• 1995 : Nathan Aké , Dutch football player
• 1996 : Tamás Szántó , Hungarian football player
• 1997 : Enis Bytyqi , German-Kosovar soccer player
• 1997 : Konstanze Klosterhalfen , German athlete
• 1997 : Luca Marseiler , German football player
• 1998 : Simone Lo Faso , Italian soccer player

21st century

• 2001 : Klara Andrijašević , Croatian athlete

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0453 : Aelia Pulcheria , Eastern Roman regent and emperor's wife
• 0675 : Colman of Lindisfarne , Irish Abbot
• 0814 : Angilbert , Franconian court chaplain, diplomat and poet
• 0901 : Thabit ibn Qurra , Syrian universal scholar
• 0999 : Gregory V , Pope
• 1126 : Gebhard II. , Lord of Querfurt
• 1126 : Otto II , Duke of Olomouc and Brno
• 1139 : Yaropolk II , Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus
• 1186 : Dietbert von Bussnang , Abbot of St. Blasien
• 1187 : Gilbert Foliot , Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London
• 1190 : Otto the Rich , Margrave of Meißen
• 1218 : Berthold V , last Duke of Zähringen
• 1221 : Dietrich the distressed , Margrave of Meißen
• 1274 : Jakob Erlandsen , Archbishop of Lund
• 1294 : Kublai Khan , grandson of Genghis Khan and Mongol ruler
• 1316 : Nicholas II , Lord of Werle
• 1379 : Albrecht II , Duke of Mecklenburg
• 1397 : Enguerrand VII. De Coucy , Lord of Coucy
• 1455 : Fra Angelico , Italian Dominican and early Renaissance painter
• 1478 : George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence , son of Duke Richard of York

16th and 17th centuries

• 1502 : Hedwig Jagiellonica , Princess of Poland and Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
• 1535 : Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim , German polymath, theologian, lawyer, doctor and philosopher

Martin Luther († 1546)

• 1546 : Martin Luther , German theological author and teacher of the Reformation
• 1558 : Eleanor of Castile , Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Spain and Queen of Portugal and France
• 1564 : Elisabeth von Pfalz-Simmern , Countess von Erbach
• 1564 : Michelangelo , Italian sculptor, painter and poet
• 1564 : Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco , Spanish officer and viceroy of Peru
• 1587 : Mary Queen of Scots Queen of France, Queen of Scotland
• 1589 : Tilemann Stella , German librarian, mathematician, geometer, cartographer and astronomer
• 1612 : Vincenzo I. Gonzaga , Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
• 1663 : Wolfgang Kilian , German engraver
• 1675 : Marie Eleonore of Brandenburg , Countess Palatine and Regent of Simmern
• 1683 : Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem , Dutch painter
• 1689 : Johann Christfried Sagittarius , German church historian and Lutheran theologian
• 1692 : Wang Fuzhi , Chinese philosopher, historian and political analyst
• 1700 : Bodo von Bodenhausen , Electoral Mainz Higher Regional Judge

18th century

• 1703 : Thomas Hyde , English orientalist and linguist
• 1703 : Jelena Zrinski , Croatian nobleman
• 1704 : Johann Philipp von Arco , imperial field marshal lieutenant
• 1708 : Wilhelm Rettinghaus , German immigrant to America, Mennonite preacher and paper manufacturer in Pennsylvania
• 1710 : Robert Atkyns , English lawyer and statesman
• 1712 : Louis de Bourbon, duc de Bourgogne , French crown prince, father of Louis XV.
• 1732 : Balthasar Permoser , German sculptor
• 1734 : Franz Woken , German pedagogue, historian, linguist and Lutheran theologian
• 1743 : Wilhelm Hyacinth , Prince of Orange
• 1745 : Nicola Fago , Italian composer
• 1748 : Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg and Traun , Austrian field marshal
• 1750 : Georg Bernhard Bilfinger , Württemberg philosopher, master builder, mathematician and theologian
• 1796 : Eberhard Gaupp , Swiss businessman
• 1799 : Constantin Hangerli , Prince of Wallachia
• 1799 : Johann Hedwig , German doctor and botanist

19th century

• 1803 : Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim , German poet
• 1806 : Brigida Banti , Italian opera singer (* 1755 )

Sophie of La Roche († 1807)

• 1807 : Sophie von La Roche , German writer
• 1814 : Paul Freiherr von Davidovich , Austrian general
• 1822 : Christian Hermann Schöne , German lawyer and local politician
• 1829 : Jan Křtitel Kuchař , Czech composer
• 1829 : Johann Georg Daniel Arnold , German lawyer and writer
• 1837 : Augusta von Goldstein , German writer
• 1838 : Francisco Javier Venegas , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
• 1840 : Elisabeth Christine Ulrike von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , daughter of Duke Karl I.
• 1843 : Karl Rikli , Swiss Protestant clergyman
• 1848 : Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini , German botanist
• 1851 : Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi , German mathematician
• 1854 : Thomas Eastoe Abbott , English poet
• 1857 : Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere , British writer and art lover
• 1861 : Theodor Mügge , German writer
• 1866 : Ferdinand Wolf , Austrian Romanist
• 1873 : Wassil Lewski , Bulgarian freedom fighter
• 1877 : Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach , German publicist and politician
• 1883 : Conrad Hoff , German painter

Gyula Andrássy († 1890)

• 1890 : Gyula Andrássy , Austro-Hungarian politician
• 1890 : August Hartel , German architect
• 1891 : Henry Hastings Sibley , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Wisconsin and Minnesota, governor of Minnesota
• 1894 : Camillo Sivori , Italian composer and violinist
• 1895 : Carl Johann Theodor Abs , German wrestler
• 1895 : Albrecht von Österreich-Teschen , Austrian Archduke and general
• 1896 : Charles Umpherston Aitchison , British colonial administrator
• 1899 : Philipp Galen , German writer and doctor
• 1899 : Maria Immaculata of Naples-Sicily , Princess of Bourbon, both Sicilies and Archduchess of Austria-Tuscany
• 1899 : Sophus Lie , Norwegian mathematician
• 1900 : Eugenio Beltrami , Italian mathematician

20th century

1901-1951

Albert Bierstadt († 1902)

• 1902 : Albert Bierstadt , German-American painter
• 1902 : Neville Bowles Chamberlain , British Field Marshal
• 1902 : Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle , German missionary and linguist
• 1902 : Anton Thraen , German astronomer
• 1906 : Adolph von Asch , German general
• 1915 : Harry Ward Leonard , American electrical engineer
• 1921 : Emil Monz , German pilot
• 1922 : Hugo Spieler , German sculptor
• 1924 : Victor Capoul , French opera singer
• 1927 : Paul Steindorff , American conductor
• 1930 : Adolf Köster , German politician and diplomat, Reich Minister
• 1931 : Milan von Šufflay , Croatian historian and politician

Friedrich August III. († 1932)

• 1932 : Friedrich August III. , last king of Saxony
• 1933 : Franz Amecke , German pastor
• 1933 : Arnold Mendelssohn , German composer
• 1935 : Arturo Pellerano Alfau , Dominican businessman and journalist
• 1936 : Carl Peters , Cologne entrepreneur
• 1937 : Lamartine Griffin Hardman , American politician
• 1937 : Grigory Ordzhonikidze , Soviet politician
• 1938 : Edward Anseele , Belgian politician
• 1938 : Leopoldo Lugones , Argentine poet and essayist
• 1939 : Okamoto Kanoko , Japanese writer
• 1939 : Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski , Sorbian writer and publicist
• 1940 : Rudy Wiedoeft , American saxophonist
• 1941 : Alfred Ackermann-Teubner , German publisher and bookseller
• 1945 : Dmitri Karbyshev , Russian Soviet general
• 1946 : Frédéric Auckenthaler , Swiss ice hockey player
• 1946 : Theodor Veidl , German composer
• 1947 : Joachim Ernst von Anhalt-Dessau , last Duke of Anhalt
• 1948 : Renato Balestrero , Italian racing car driver
• 1949 : Niceto Alcalá Zamora , Spanish politician, prime minister and state president

1951-2000

• 1952 : Cliff Eros , German circus entrepreneur, sensational actor, artist and tamer

Johannes Antonius James Barge († 1952)

• 1952 : Johannes Antonius James Barge , Dutch anatomist
• 1955 : André de Victor , French racing car driver
• 1956 : Gustave Charpentier , French composer
• 1956 : Peter Rohr , Romanian-German composer and conductor
• 1957 : Dedan Kimathi , rebel leader in the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya
• 1957 : Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer
• 1958 : Jaroslav Kvapil , Czech composer
• 1958 : Luigi Spazzapan , Italian painter and sculptor
• 1959 : Hermann Foppa , Austrian politician
• 1959 : Erich Zeisl , Austrian composer and music teacher
• 1961 : Arnoldus Johannes Petrus van den Broek , Dutch anatomist
• 1962 : Friedrich Ernst Peters , German writer
• 1963 : Sareh I , Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church
• 1966 : Robert Rossen , American screenwriter, film director and producer
• 1967 : Manuel Palau Boix , Spanish composer and professor

Robert Oppenheimer († 1967)

• 1967 : Robert Oppenheimer , American physicist of German-Jewish descent ("father of the atomic bomb")
• 1968 : August Ackermann , Swiss pastor and publicist
• 1969 : Gisela Arendt , German swimmer
• 1969 : Otto Wemper , German forester
• 1970 : Bob Russell , American songwriter and songwriter
• 1971 : Alfred Gille , German politician and lawyer, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1971 : Fritz Schori , Swiss composer and conductor
• 1972 : Erwin Hinze , German politician (SPD / SED), Lord Mayor of Frankfurt (Oder)
• 1973 : Frank Costello , American gang boss
• 1973 : Max Mack , German film director
• 1974 : Manuel Apolinario Odría Amoretti , Peruvian general and politician, President of the Military Government
• 1974 : Bernard Voorhoof , Belgian football player
• 1975 : Franz Hofer , Gauleiter of the NSDAP of Tyrol and Vorarlberg
• 1976 : Karl Heinz Abshagen , German lawyer, journalist, travel writer and biographer
• 1976 : Anton Betzner , German writer, essayist and radio play author
• 1978 : Maggie McNamara , American actress
• 1978 : Franz Josef Tripp , German draftsman and illustrator
• 1979 : Nadseja Abramawa , Belarusian politician, activist and publicist
• 1981 : John Knudsen Northrop , American industrialist and aircraft designer

Ngaio Marsh († 1982)

• 1982 : Ngaio Marsh , New Zealand writer
• 1984 : Jakob Miltz , German soccer player
• 1985 : Willy Alberti , Dutch singer
• 1985 : Gábor Darvas , Hungarian composer and musicologist
• 1991 : Renate Kern , German pop singer
• 1992 : Ian Armit , British blues and jazz pianist
• 1992 : Sylvain Arend , Belgian astronomer
• 1993 : Willi Marxsen , German theologian and New Testament scholar
• 1993 : Erwin Thiesies , German rugby player and coach, seventeen times GDR champion
• 1994 : Annemarie Ackermann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1994 : Ilse Essers , German engineer
• 1994 : Gudrun Loewe , German prehistorian
• 1996 : Andy Marefos , American football player
• 1996 : Josef Meinrad , Austrian chamber actor
• 1999 : Margaret Drynan , Canadian organist and choir director, composer and music teacher
• 1999 : Andreas Feininger , American photographer
• 1999 : Wilhelm Wehren , German politician, MdL

21st century

• 2001 : Hermann Adler , German writer and publicist
• 2001 : Balthus , Polish-French painter
• 2001 : Dale Earnhardt , American NASCAR driver
• 2003 : Michel Graillier , French jazz pianist

Isser Harel († 2003)

• 2003 : Isser Harel , head of the Israeli secret service
• 2004 : Johanna Olbrich , German spy
• 2004 : Jean Rouch , French director
• 2005 : Robert R. Merhige Jr. , American lawyer and federal judge
• 2005 : Harald Szeemann , Swiss curator
• 2006 : al-Chatim al-Khalifa , Sudanese Prime Minister and President
• 2006 : Laurel Hester , American police officer and gay activist
• 2008 : Raymond Kennedy , American writer
• 2008 : Alain Robbe-Grillet , French writer and filmmaker
• 2008 : KRH Sonderborg , German Informel painter
• 2009 : Ben Flowers , American baseball player
• 2009 : Franz Marischka , Austrian director, screenwriter and film actor
• 2010 : Ariel Ramírez , Argentine composer
• 2011 : Otto Amann , Austrian politician
• 2011 : Cayle Chernin , Canadian actress and film producer
• 2012 : Roald Aas , Norwegian speed skater
• 2012 : Thomas Langhoff , German theater director and general manager

Otto Amann († 2011)

• 2013 : Otto Beisheim , German-Swiss entrepreneur
• 2013 : Achim Brankačk , Sorbian choir director and author
• 2013 : Otfried Preußler , German children's book author
• 2014 : Simón Díaz , Venezuelan composer and singer, comedian, actor and television presenter
• 2014 : Hermann Rieger , German physiotherapist
• 2014 : Bernd Noske , German drummer and singer
• 2014 : Nelson Frazier , American wrestler
• 2015 : Claude Criquielion , Belgian cyclist
• 2015 : Hans F. Zacher , German legal scholar
• 2016 : Yūko Tsushima , Japanese writer
• 2016 : Dorothea Walda , German actress
• 2017 : Umar Abd ar-Rahman , Egyptian convicted Islamist
• 2017 : Oreal Perras , Canadian wrestler
• 2017 : Clyde Stubblefield , American drummer
• 2018 : Günter Blobel , German-American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
• 2018 : Didier Lockwood , French jazz violinist and composer
• 2018 : Idrissa Ouédraogo , Burkinabe film director
• 2020 : José Fernando Bonaparte , Argentine paleontologist

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Martin Luther , German monk, theologian and reformer (Protestant)
  • St. Leo the Great , Roman theologian and church father, bishop and patron saint (orthodox)
  • St Colman of Lindisfarne , Irish Abbot, Founder and Bishop (Catholic (not in Ireland))
  • St. Maruthas , Roman doctor and bishop (Orthodox)

• Name days
  • Jimena

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Gambia : Independence from Great Britain (1965)

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

Web links

Commons : February 18th  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FAZ.net : Build yourself up on this body of text! .