February 18
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1977
The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
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Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
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Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
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The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
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FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea.
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Up to 295 people, 182 of which being rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
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WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
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Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
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Revolution of Dignity: At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Dena sub-range in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, Resulting in 66 Deaths
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Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
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2002Manu Bhaker, Indian sports shooter
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2001Tanguy Coulibaly, French footballer
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2001Jaime Jaquez Jr., American basketball player
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2000Zakaria Aboukhlal, Moroccan footballer
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2000Giacomo Raspadori, Italian footballer
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1998Vernon, South Korean and American rapper, singer and songwriter
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1997DK, South Korean singer
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1997Brandon Jones, American racing driver
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1996Tyler Dorsey, American-Greek basketball player
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1995Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer
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1994J-Hope, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer
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1994Paul Zipser, German basketball player
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