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18 February 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 February 2024 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Lovin on Me” by Jack Harlow.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 February 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 February 2024 was Waxing Gibbous.
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 February 18
- 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 2024 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.
Life in the US in 2024
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.31
Loaf of Bread
$3.04
Average House
$420,000
Weekly Wage
$1,145
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