February 18
It's Febrauary 18th
On this day in 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga, starts with the death of Krishna.
In 1885 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published.
In 1911 – The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
In 1955 - Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
In 1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
In 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
In 2010 – WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
In 2021 – Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
Birthdays:
Regina Spektor
Julia Butterfly Hill
Molly Ringwald
as Andie Walsh in "Pretty in Pink"
as Niki in "Spacehunter"
Matt Dillon
as Henry Chinaski in "Factotum"
on Tubi
Douglas Rushkoff
TEAM HUMAN
Books
on the Internet Archive
Lisa See
"Peony in Love"
Randy Crawford
Cybill Shepherd
as Jennifer in "The Return"
Irma Thomas
Fabrizio De André
Audre Lorde
"Audre Lorde: A Burst of Light" Documentary
Mary Ure
as Oonagh Longman in The Mind Benders on Kanopy (Richmond VA)
as Katherine in "A Reflection of Fear"
Yoko Ono
"Warzone"Full Recording
Miloš Forman
Toni Morrison
"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" Documentary
Wallace Berman
Wallace Berman and other artists with 2 undercover Vice Squad officers, looking at Wally Hedrick's sculpture Sunflower (1952), during the now-famous LAPD obscenity arrest at Ferus Gallery in 1957.
"Ciné Salon: Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World"
George Kennedy
as Captain Ashland on "Death Ship"
on Tubi
Rolande Falcinelli
Phyllis Calvert
as Enid Durnley in "Twisted Nerve"
Wallace Stegner
"Collected Stories"
Edward Arnold
on Tubi
Henri Laurens
L'Amphion
William Laurel Harris
"Kabibibonokka"
Anders Zorn
"Emma Zorn"
Michelangelo Cerquozzi
"Still life with Pumpkin, Grapes and Pears"
On this day in 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga, starts with the death of Krishna.
In 1885 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published.
In 1911 – The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
In 1955 - Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
In 1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
In 1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
In 2010 – WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
In 2021 – Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
Birthdays:
Regina Spektor
Julia Butterfly Hill
Molly Ringwald
as Andie Walsh in "Pretty in Pink"
as Niki in "Spacehunter"
Matt Dillon
as Henry Chinaski in "Factotum"
on Tubi
Douglas Rushkoff
TEAM HUMAN
Books
on the Internet Archive
Lisa See
"Peony in Love"
Randy Crawford
Cybill Shepherd
as Jennifer in "The Return"
Irma Thomas
Fabrizio De André
Audre Lorde
"Audre Lorde: A Burst of Light" Documentary
Mary Ure
as Oonagh Longman in The Mind Benders on Kanopy (Richmond VA)
as Katherine in "A Reflection of Fear"
Yoko Ono
"Warzone"Full Recording
Miloš Forman
Toni Morrison
"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" Documentary
Wallace Berman
Wallace Berman and other artists with 2 undercover Vice Squad officers, looking at Wally Hedrick's sculpture Sunflower (1952), during the now-famous LAPD obscenity arrest at Ferus Gallery in 1957.
"Ciné Salon: Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World"
George Kennedy
as Captain Ashland on "Death Ship"
on Tubi
Rolande Falcinelli
Phyllis Calvert
as Enid Durnley in "Twisted Nerve"
Wallace Stegner
"Collected Stories"
Edward Arnold
on Tubi
Henri Laurens
L'Amphion
William Laurel Harris
"Kabibibonokka"
Anders Zorn
"Emma Zorn"
Michelangelo Cerquozzi
"Still life with Pumpkin, Grapes and Pears"
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