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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/1766" title="1766">1766</a> – Enslaved <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_people" title="Malagasy people">Malagasy</a> captives on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> slave ship <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meermin" title="Meermin">Meermin</a></i> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meermin_slave_mutiny" title="Meermin slave mutiny">a mutiny</a></b> that led to the ship's destruction on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Agulhas" title="Cape Agulhas">Cape Agulhas</a> in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – The core members of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose" title="White Rose">White Rose</a></b>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism" title="German resistance to Nazism">anti-Nazi resistance group</a>, were arrested by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo" title="Gestapo">Gestapo</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, bringing the group's activities to an end.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle</a>,.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Eight gunmen <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport_diamond_heist" title="Brussels Airport diamond heist">stole</a></b> approximately US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a>, Belgium.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo" title="Michelangelo">Michelangelo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1564); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel" title="George Henschel">George Henschel</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1850); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergo_Ordzhonikidze" title="Sergo Ordzhonikidze">Sergo Ordzhonikidze</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1937)</p>
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