Talk:February 18

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February 18: First day of Ramadan (2026); Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity, 2026); Tibetan New Year begins (2026) 16th century depiction of the Battle of Wesenberg 1268 – Northern Crusades: The Battle of Wesenberg (depicted) took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia. 1766 – Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators. 1943 – The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo. 1946 – President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II. 2001 – American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period. Francesco Redi (b. 1626) Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (d. 1743) Toni Morrison (b. 1931) Bobby Robson (b. 1933) More anniversaries: February 17 February 18 February 19

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Continuing the ongoing effort to reduce the size of the Births and Deaths sections to make them manageable, I'm removing celebrities with few or no articles in other wikipedias, moving the entries to the appropriate Year in Topic article if they were not already present. This is in accordance with the guidelines. Deb (talk) 15:06, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

with which guidelines? where can they be found? -- -- -- 04:58, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

@-- -- --: See the big beige box above? Toddst1 (talk) 04:01, 27 July 2022 (UTC)