Tuesday, February 18, 2025

History for February 18

History for February 18 - On-This-Day.com 
Jack Palance 1919
  • 1930 - Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane.
  • 1970 - The Chicago Seven defendants were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention.
  • 1972 - The California Supreme Court struck down the state's death penalty.
  • 1998 - In Russia, money shortages resulted in the shutting down of three plants that produced nuclear weapons.
  • 2000 - The U.S. Commerce Department reported a deficit in trade goods and services of $271.3 billion for 1999. It was the largest calender-year trade gap in U.S. history.

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