What happend on 18th February

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2005

The United Kingdom law banning fox hunting, hare coursing and other sports which kill wild mammals is enforced from this date.

2004

Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes.

2003

Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea

1998

Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.

1985

The legendary "mirror globe" ident, first used in 1969, is seen for the last time in regular rotation on BBC1.

1983

Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington, said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in American history.

1977

The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747.

1974

The game show Tattletales debuts in the slot vacated by the long-running soap opera The Secret Storm.

1974

KISS releases their self-titled debut album.

1972

The California Supreme Court invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison.