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This is a list of selected February 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Independence Day in The Gambia (1965) refimprove section
1861 – With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumed the title King of Italy. needs more footnotes
1908 – The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", opened with playwright August Strindberg's play Master Olof. refimprove
1911 – The first official flight with airmail took place when pilot Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters from Allahabad to Naini, British India, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) away. refimprove
1932 – The Empire of Japan established Manchukuo, a puppet state in northeastern China during the Sino-Japanese War. lots of CN tags (23)
1942World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among Chinese Singaporeans. Too much uncited
1946 – Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy began a total strike on board ship and shore establishments at Bombay harbour that grew into a mutiny involving over 10,000 sailors unreferenced section
1954 – The Church of Scientology, the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system, was incorporated in Los Angeles. refimprove sections
1970 – An American jury acquitted the "Chicago Seven" of conspiracy and inciting riots stemming from protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. refimprove section
2003 – An arsonist started a fire aboard a Daegu Metropolitan Subway train in Daegu, South Korea, killing almost two hundred passengers. needs more footnotes
2007 – Terrorists detonated bombs on a Samjhauta Express train in Panipat, India, killing 70 people. Article states 70 people killed though cited to two different sources that say 66 and 68 dead and a dead link

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February 18

Protesters during the Revolution of Dignity
Protesters during the Revolution of Dignity
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