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On This Day · The 49th day of the year

February 18

25 years on from Federal Bureau of Investigation, February 18 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 21st century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♒ZodiacAquarius ◈BirthstoneAmethyst ❀Birth flowerViolet

Aquarius is the sign for February 18 — read more on the Aquarius page, or see February's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on February 18?

February 18 is the 49th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1637 and 2014. Famous people born on February 18 include Alessandro Volta, Dr. Dre and Fabrizio De André.

Released on February 18

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
  • TV 56 Days

2025

  • Game Avowed
  • Game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
  • TV The First Frost

2022

  • Game Horizon Forbidden West

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1637

    Eighty Years' War

  2. 1873

    Bulgaria

  3. 1930

    January

  4. 1957

    Kenya

  5. 1977

    Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire

  6. 2001

    Federal Bureau of Investigation

  7. 2001

    Sampit conflict

  8. 2010

    WikiLeaks

  9. 2013

    Brussels Airport diamond heist

  10. 2014

    Revolution of Dignity

Famous birthday twins

Born on February 18

Alessandro Volta

b. 1745

Dr. Dre

b. 1965

Fabrizio De André

b. 1940

Roman Neustädter

b. 1988

Cody Hodgson

b. 1990

Miloš Forman

b. 1932

George Henschel

b. 1850

Hedwig Courths-Mahler

b. 1867

Deaths

  • 1873Vasil Levski
  • 1564Michelangelo
  • 1546Martin Luther
  • 1455Fra Angelico
  • 1294Kublai Khan

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Bernadette Soubirous (France)
  • —Christian feast day: Colmán of Lindisfarne
  • —Christian feast day: Flavian of Constantinople
  • —Christian feast day: Geltrude Comensoli
  • —Christian feast day: Simeon of Jerusalem (Western Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
  • —Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965

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