February 18

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1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
1856 - The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
1861 - In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1861 - With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
1954 - The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
1965 - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1970 - The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
1991 - The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.