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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_18" title="February 18">February 18</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_millennium_BC" title="4th millennium BC">3102 BCE</a> – According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Hindu scriptures</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></b>, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuga" title="Yuga">yugas</a>, began.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition" title="War of the Sixth Coalition">War of the Sixth Coalition</a>: French troops led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montereau" title="Battle of Montereau">forced the Army of Bohemia</a></b> to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_61st_Regiment_Farm_fire" title="Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire">Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire</a></b> started during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a> when a firecracker ignited the wreaths of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Mao_Zedong" title="Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong">late Mao Zedong</a>, killing 694 personnel.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity" title="Revolution of Dignity">A series of violent events</a></b> involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a> five days later.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angilbert" title="Angilbert">Angilbert</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 814); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Brahe_the_Younger" title="Per Brahe the Younger">Per Brahe the Younger</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1602); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cyama_Sutematsu" title="Ōyama Sutematsu">Ōyama Sutematsu</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1919); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer" title="J. Robert Oppenheimer"><span class="nowrap">J. Robert</span> Oppenheimer</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1967)</p>