February 18

Events

 * 1876 - Direct telegraph link was established between Britain and New Zealand.

Births

 * 1838 - Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (d. 1916)
 * 1902 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975)
 * 1914 - Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (d. 2000)
 * 1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
 * 1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
 * 1941 - Irma Thomas, American singer
 * 1947 - Dennis DeYoung, American musician (STYX)
 * 1948 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (d. 2005)
 * 1952 - Juice Newton, American singer
 * 1953 - Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
 * 1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
 * 1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
 * 1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
 * 1969 - Jason Sutter, American drummer (Smash Mouth, American Hi-Fi)
 * 1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace)
 * 1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter
 * 1982 - Juelz Santana, American rapper
 * 1984 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)

Deaths

 * 1956 – Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
 * 1995 – Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
 * 2009 – Miika Tenkula, Finnish guitarist (b. 1974)