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18 February 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 February 2018 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “God's Plan” by Drake.
- Top Film of 2018
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 February 2018 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 February 2018 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 18 February
- 1977 The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
- 2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 2010 WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
- 2013 Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
- 2021 Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
Famous people born on 18 February
- John Travolta, American actor, singer and producer (born 1954)
- Mary I, Queen of England (1516–1558)
- Yoko Ono, Japanese-American multimedia artist and musician (born 1933)
- Dr. Dre, American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur (born 1965)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2018 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 28 February – One of the UK's biggest electronics retailers, Maplin, goes into administration after talks with potential buyers fail to secure a sale.
- 3 May – Elections for many local councils and mayoralties are held in England, including all 32 London boroughs. There are losses for the Conservatives (−33) and gains for Labour (+77), the Lib Dems (+75) and Green Party (+8).
- 19 May – The Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
Life in 2018
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.70
Loaf of Bread
£1.50
Average House
£226,906
Weekly Wage
£835.00
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