1846 – Agricultural Revolution in Europe begins.
1913 – Raymond Poincare becomes President of France.
1914 – British explorer Captain Camille Paisley declares that he found three of the Inca cities in Peru.
1915 – Germany begins naval blockade on Britain.
1926 – Five cities of the Mayan civilization discovered in the Yucatan region in Mexico.
2003 – 200 are killed in a subway fire in South Korea.
Born today:
1903 – Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny, former President of the Soviet Union.
Passed away:
1967 – Robert Oppenheimer, Director of Manhattan project for designing the atomic bomb.
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Feb. 18, five cities of the Mayan civilization discovered in Mexico
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