About the day » Monday February 18, 1929Calender converter

• Biem Vlaming, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 2006)
• Clarence Ritchie, Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, Québec, Canada († 2009)
• Celestina Dalpiaz, Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil († 1929)
• Bernard Williamson Chapman, Swinton, Manchester, Lancashire, England († 1988)
• Cornelis Valstar, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1992)
• (Stillborn) ABMA, Oosterend (Hennaarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1929)
• Berendina Grootoonk, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2025)
• Adrianna Suzanna Vis, rilland bath († 1991)
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• Bernardus Fredericus Johannes Kohschulte Brokhaus, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)

• anne Kaplan (75), Bronx, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Vlaskamp (92), Strijen, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Meulen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Nabben (30), Neer
• Aaltje van de Pol (69), Barneveld
• Anna Maria Biermans (78), Wittem, Nederland
• Amalie von Fürstenberg-Stühlingen (44), München, Deutschland
• Aagje Kostelijk (72), Noordwijk, Wilhelminastraat 48
• Aartje Bron (79), Tienhoven
• Abel de Muinck (95), Wagenborgen (gem. Eemsdelta)

• 1927 » Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer († 2005)
• 1927 » John Warner, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Navy
• 1927 » Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, manager, and scout († 2016)
• 1928 » Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and sportscaster († 2011)
• 1929 » André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer († 1968)
• 1929 » Len Deighton, English historian and author
• 1931 » John Ryden, Scottish footballer, centre half († 2013)
• 1931 » Johnny Hart, American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id († 2007)
• 1931 » Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, Indian-English businessman and philanthropist
• 1931 » Toni Morrison, American novelist and editor, Nobel Prize laureate († 2019).

• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
• May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
• October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.

The temperature on February 18, 1929 was between -8.2 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.