Who was born on February 18 and what day is it?

Who was born on February 18 and what day is it?

👉 HOLIDAYS:

🌏 World Whale Day.
🌏 Battery Day.
🌏 Day of the planet Pluto.

🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:

🇮🇶 Iraq – Kurdish Students Union Day.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – Day of Diplomatic Service Employees.
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone – Armed Forces Day.
🇬🇲 Gambia – Independence Day.
🇳🇵 Nepal – Democracy Day.

👉 EVENTS:

– 1268 – Battle of Rakowor, in which the Teutonic Order suffers its biggest defeat since the Battle of Durba.
– 1405 – Amir Temur died in the city of O’tror during his march to China.
– 1762 – Peter III abolished torture.
– 1814 – Battle of Montreux.
– 1861 – Victor Emmanuel II became king of Italy.
– 1861 – Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America.
– 1885 – “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was published.
– 1911 – A lake was formed in Pamir.
– 1911 – The first ever airmail flight was made in India.
– 1913 – Frederic Soddy proposed the term “isotope”.
– 1918 – Kiev railway station opened in Moscow.
– 1921 – An uprising broke out in Armenia, the Soviet government was overthrown, and a provisional government was established.
– 1923 – Issue 1 of “Mushtum” (supplement to “Turkiston” newspaper) was published in 3 thousand copies.
– 1929 – “Oscar” award was presented to its first owners.
– 1930 – Clyde Tombo discovered the 9th planet in the Solar System – Pluto.
– 1960 – VIII Winter Olympic Games opened in Squaw Valley.
– 1965 – The Gambia gained independence.
– 1978 – The first triathlon competition was held, which later became Ironman.
– 1979 – It snowed in the Sahara.
– 1992 – Diplomatic relations were established between Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom.
– 1995 – the first founding congress of the Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan “Adolat” was held in Tashkent. The Charter and program of the party were approved.
– 2003 – A fire broke out in Daegu, South Korea.
– 2004 – explosion of a train with dangerous goods near Nishapur (Iran). About 300 people died, about five hundred people were injured.
– 2014 – A sharp deterioration of the situation in Nezalejnost Square in Kiev, which led to the death of about 80 people in three days.
– 2015 – End of fighting for Debaltseve, establishment of DPR control over the city.

👉 BIRTHDAYS:

– 1201 – Nasir al-Din Tusi (1274) – Persian mathematician and astronomer.
– 1404 – Leon Battista Alberti (1472) – Italian humanist, writer, scientist.
– 1745 – Alessandro Volta (1827) – Italian physicist and physiologist, invented electrical devices (electrophoresis, electrometer, condenser, electroscope, etc.).
– 1838 – Ernst Max (Mach) (1916) – Austrian philosopher, physicist and mechanic.
– 1898 – Enzo Ferrari – Italian constructor, founder of the automobile company
– 1921 – Oskar Feltsman (2013) – Soviet and Russian composer, People’s Artist of Russia.
– 1932 – Toni Morrison (2019) – American writer, winner of the Nobel Prize (1993).
– 1933 – Yoko Ono Lennon – Japanese and American artist, singer, widow of John Lennon.
– 1938 – Istvan Szabo – Hungarian film director, screenwriter and writer.
– 1940 – Husan Amirkulov – People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1997), laureate of the International Ahmed Yassavi Award (1993).
– 1950 – Mirmahmud Rahmatov – craftsman, People’s Craftsman of Uzbekistan (2002).
– 1952 – Alexander Barikin – Soviet and Russian singer, composer, guitarist.
– 1953 – Arkady Ukupnik – Russian composer, pop singer and producer, Honored Artist of Russia.
– 1954 – John Travolta – American actor, dancer and singer.
– 1970 – Yasir bin Usman al-Rumayyan – a Saudi businessman, the manager of the Sovereign Investment Fund (SIF), the chairman of the Newcastle United football club (England) and the Saudi Aramco company.
– 1974 – Yevgeny Kafelnikov – Russian tennis player, Olympic champion (2000).
– 1975 – Igor Dodon – Moldovan politician, President of Moldova (2016-2020).
– 1993 – Daniel Yule – Swiss mountain skier, Olympic and world champion.