What happend on 18th February

17.02
19.02
1929

First Academy Awards are announced.

1913

Raymond Poincaré becomes President of France.

1911

The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.

1885

Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.

1878

The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico.

1865

In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)

1861

With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.

1861

In Montgomery, Alabama Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

1856

The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President (Millard Fillmore).

1841

The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.