Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Date: February 19, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg. Date: February 18, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels. Date: February 18, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. Date: February 18, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅…
U-boat Campaign: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Great Britain and Ireland. Date: February 18, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft. Date: February 18, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. Date: February 18, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Puyi as Chief Executive of the State. Date: February 18, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in…
Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart. Date: February 18, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day…
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore. Date: February 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)