| Year | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Silesian German and American biologist Gunter Blobel died. | Death day |
| 2018 | Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 aircraft incident at Mount Dena, Zagros Mountainsnear Semirom, Iran, killed 66 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 2006 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Ratmir Kholmov died. | Death day |
| 2004 | 320 people died in Nishapur train disaster. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1982 | Chess grandmaster from Russia, Dmitry Kokarev was born. | Birthday |
| 1979 | Chinese badminton player Zhou Mi was born. | Birthday |
| 1977 | Chess grandmaster from Iceland, Helgi Grétarsson was born. | Birthday |
| 1974 | Russian tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov was born. | Birthday |
| 1971 | Chess grandmaster from Croatia, Mladen Palac was born. | Birthday |
| 1968 | The closing ceremony of XI Olympic Winter Games, or 1968 Winter olympics was held in Grenoble. | |
| 1967 | Italian footballer Roberto Baggio was born. | Birthday |
| 1967 | American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer died. | Death day |
| 1965 | Independence Day of The Gambia. | National Holiday |
| 1962 | French fencer Philippe Cattiau died. | Death day |
| 1960 | The opening ceremony of X Olympic Winter Games, or 1960 Winter olympics was held in Squaw Valley. | |
| 1956 | Scottish Airlines (G-ANSY) aircraft incident at Żurrieq, Malta, killed 50 people. | Man-Made Disaster |
| 1945 | Chess grandmaster from Slovakia, Ján Plachetka was born. | Birthday |
| 1932 | Czech American film director Milos Forman was born. | Birthday |
| 1931 | American novelist Toni Morrison was born. | Birthday |
| 1925 | American actor George Kennedy was born. | Birthday |
| 1924 | Venezuelan scientist Humberto Fernandez Moran was born. | Birthday |
| 1919 | American actor Jack Palance was born. | Birthday |
| 1854 | British chemist Henry John Horstman Fenton was born. | Birthday |
| 1745 | Italian physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta was born. | Birthday |
2019-02-18