18 February Deaths

Published : 18 Feb 2018, 11:37

Jagoroniya Desk

February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 316 days remaining until the end of the year (317 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

675 – Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne
814 – Angilbert, Frankish monk and diplomat (b. 760)
901 – Thābit ibn Qurra, Iraqi physician, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 826)
999 – Pope Gregory V (b. 972)
1139 – Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
1218 – Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (b. 1160)
1225 – Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (b. 1186)
1294 – Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor (b. 1215)
1379 – Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
1397 – Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (b. 1340)
1405 – Timur, Mongol ruler (b. 1336)
1455 – Fra Angelico, Italian priest and painter (b. 1395)
1478 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (b. 1449)
1502 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457)
1535 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486)
1546 – Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
1564 – Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475)
1654 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594)
1683 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
1695 – Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
1712 – Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1682)
1743 – Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)
1748 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
1772 – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
1778 – Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
1780 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
1788 – John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
1803 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
1851 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
1873 – Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
1880 – Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
1893 – Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
1902 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
1906 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
1910 – Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
1911 – Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
1915 – Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
1923 – Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
1931 – Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
1931 – Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1933 – James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
1938 – David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
1942 – Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
1945 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
1956 – Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
1957 – Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
1957 – Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
1964 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
1966 – Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1967 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
1969 – Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
1973 – Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
1976 – Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
1977 – Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
1978 – Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
1981 – Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
1982 – Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
1989 – Mildred Burke, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
1990 – Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)
1993 – Jacqueline Hill, English actress (b. 1929)
1995 – Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (b. 1961)
1995 – Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
1997 – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
1998 – Harry Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1914)
2001 – Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
2001 – Dale Earnhardt, American stock car racer and team owner
2001 – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
2003 – Isser Harel, Belarusian-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1912)
2006 – Bill Cowsill, American singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
2008 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (b. 1922)
2009 – Tayeb Salih, Sudanese journalist and author (b. 1929)
2009 – Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1974)
2010 – John Babcock, Canadian soldier (b. 1900)
2012 – George Brizan, Grenadian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942)
2012 – Elizabeth Connell, South African-English soprano (b. 1946)
2013 – Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
2013 – Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
2014 – Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)
2014 – Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)
2014 – Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943)
2014 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)
2015 – Cass Ballenger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2015 – Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962)
2016 – Abdul Rashid Khan, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1908)
2016 – Pantelis Pantelidis, Greek singer (b. 1983)
2017 – Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (b. 1942)
2017 – Norma McCorvey, American abortion rights activist; Plaintiff, Roe vs. Wade (b. 1947)
2017 – Clyde Stubblefield, American drummer (b. 1943)

Source: wikipedia

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