If you are looking for historical reads, check out the highlighted events of February 18 to learn what happened on this day in history.
Let’s explore!
- 1922 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigned his federal judgeship to give full attention to his job as Major League Baseball Commissioner.
- 1924 – US Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby resigned due to Teapot Dome scandal.
- 1928 – Sonja Henie of Norway won the women’s figure skating gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympic Games.
- 1951 – Great Britain had held the Russians accountable for using excessive force, rebellious actions, and various aggressive tactics to prevent peace.
- 1965 – Church deacon Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot during a peaceful march in Marion, Alabama.
- 1970 – US President Richard Nixon launched the “Nixon doctrine”.
- 1972 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono end a week of co-hosting the syndicated “Mike Douglas Show”, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1981 – 20-year-old Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky became the first player in NHL history to score 5 career hat-tricks before age 21.
- 1986 – Anti-smoking ad aired for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner.
- 1988 – Anthony Kennedy, was sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
- 2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for spying for the Soviet Union.
- 2004 – Greg Maddux signed again with the Chicago Cubs.
- 2005 – Fox hunting with dogs became illegal in England.
- 2007 – The U.S. and Israel threatened to stop working with the new Palestinian unity government unless it recognized Israel.
- 2009 – General Motors had plans to ax 47,000 jobs around the world.
- 2009 – The Union Bank of Switzerland, admitted to helping U.S. taxpayers hide money from the I.R.S, and agreed to pay $780 million in fines and restitution.
- 2009 – The Pittsburgh couple that filed a legal claim at Google’s Street View for violating their privacy had their case thrown out by a federal judge.
- 2010– The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog raised concerns that Iran might be developing a nuclear warhead for its missiles.
- 2013– Bibliothèque Nationale de France purchased the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova for €7 million.
- 2013– Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, was re-elected for his third term.