How Many Days Until February 18?

This day in history: February 18

1. 1977

   NASA's first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, made its first test flight on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

2. 2001

   Inter-ethnic violence between the Dayak and the Madurese broke out in Sampit, Indonesia, ultimately causing more than 500 deaths and the displacement of 100,000 Madurese from their homes.

3. 2001

   American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period.

4. 2010

   In a coup d'état, military rebels attacked the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, and replaced President Mamadou Tandja with a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy.

5. 2010

   WikiLeaks published the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by Chelsea Manning.

6. 2013

   Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.

7. 2014

   A series of violent events involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.

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