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February 18 Deaths in History - February 18 Birthdays - February 18 Events
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February 18, 2003 Johnny Paycheck, singer, Take This Job and Shove It, dies at 65 February 18, 2001 Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity February 18, 1998 Harry Caray, sportscaster for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 77 February 18, 1998 Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69 February 18, 1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76 February 18, 1998 Bob Merrill, songwriter, Funny Girl, dies at 76 February 18, 1998 Harry Caray, Cubs baseball announcer, dies at 77 February 18, 1997 Emily Hahn, writer, dies at 91 February 18, 1997 Enrique Peralta Azurdia, milt President of Guatemala in (1963-66), dies February 18, 1997 Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90 February 18, 1996 Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48 February 18, 1996 Jack Thieuloy, writer, dies at 64 February 18, 1996 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at 89 February 18, 1996 Richard Leslie Hill, historian, dies at 94 February 18, 1995 Calder Willingham, U.S. scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at 72 February 18, 1995 Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51 February 18, 1995 Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82 February 18, 1995 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter, dies at 83 February 18, 1995 Yank Lawson, U.S. jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84 February 18, 1994 Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at 76 February 18, 1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76 February 18, 1993 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63 February 18, 1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82 February 18, 1993 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33 February 18, 1985 Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58 February 18, 1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ detective writer/producer, dies at 82 February 18, 1982 Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58 February 18, 1980 Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr. Hex), dies at 58 February 18, 1978 Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84 February 18, 1978 Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at 71 February 18, 1978 Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies at 49 February 18, 1977 Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at 71 February 18, 1977 Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curaeao), dies at 87 February 18, 1977 Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77 February 18, 1976 Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81 February 18, 1976 Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at 81 February 18, 1976 Joseph Henabery, actor and director (Cobra), dies at 88 February 18, 1975 Chivu Stoica, [Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66 February 18, 1975 Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, dies February 18, 1975 Raymond Moley, U.S. advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88 February 18, 1973 Franc Costello, U.S. gangster, dies at 82 February 18, 1970 Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94 February 18, 1969 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76 February 18, 1968 Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79 February 18, 1967 Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74 February 18, 1967 Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62 February 18, 1966 Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94 February 18, 1966 Casimir von Paszthory, composer, dies at 79 February 18, 1966 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 31 February 18, 1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 February 18, 1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56 February 18, 1959 Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65 February 18, 1959 Eric Zeisl, composer, dies at 53 February 18, 1959 Jaroslav Kvapil, composer, dies at 66 February 18, 1957 Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies February 18, 1956 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 February 18, 1951 Piet A. 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Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85 February 18, 1950 Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamnica), dies at 56 February 18, 1949 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71 February 18, 1944 Charles Davenport, American Scientist February 18, 1943 Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74 February 18, 1939 Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89 February 18, 1938 Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64 February 18, 1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81 February 18, 1938 Louis EJM de la Vallee-Poussin, (The Way to Nirvana), dies at 69 February 18, 1933 James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies February 18, 1932 Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at 66 February 18, 1925 James Lane Allen, U.S. writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75 February 18, 1917 Charles E Barber, U.S. chief engraver (1879-1917), dies February 18, 1915 Frank James, American Criminal February 18, 1911 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust vs. South Africa Test February 18, 1906 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85 February 18, 1905 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75 February 18, 1899 M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 February 18, 1898 Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58 February 18, 1895 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 February 18, 1890 Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66 February 18, 1885 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, dies at 61 February 18, 1878 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76 February 18, 1876 Charlotte Saunders Cushman, American Actress February 18, 1861 Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 February 18, 1846 Giovanni Liverati, composer, dies at 73 February 18, 1834 William Wirt, American Statesman February 18, 1833 Georg Johann Schinn, composer, dies at 64 February 18, 1833 Ignac Ruzitska, composer, dies at 55 February 18, 1830 Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67 February 18, 1829 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 February 18, 1817 Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 February 18, 1807 August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 February 18, 1807 S von Laroche, writer, dies at 75 February 18, 1803 J. W. L. Gleim, writer, dies February 18, 1799 Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 February 18, 1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 February 18, 1745 Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 February 18, 1712 Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies February 18, 1683 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 February 18, 1660 Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried February 18, 1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 February 18, 1564 Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 February 18, 1546 Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 February 18, 1535 Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 February 18, 1535 Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, physician/theologian, dies February 18, 1478 Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel February 18, 1455 Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies February 18, 1397 Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 February 18, 1294 Kublai Khan, Chinese Statesman February 18, 1217 Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 February 18, 999 Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies |