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A's debut album Straight Outta Compton (1989) was one of the most successful albums in the West Coast hip-hop scene, and is often credited for the rise in popularity of gangsta rap.
Famous Birthdays on February 18
1965 — Dr. Dre
American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
February 18 has 145 recorded notable births across history, from 1201 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on February 18
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- 2010 WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning. Source
- 1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles. Source
- 1781 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana). Source
- 1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. Source
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Matt Dillon made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), Liar's Moon (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984) and three of the four S.
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The Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) considered Tusi to be the greatest of the later Persian scholars.
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Over the course of his collegiate career, Jaquez was selected three times to the All-Pac-12 team, including two first-team honors, and was twice named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.
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Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile in 1799, and reported the results of his experiments in a two-part letter to the president of the Royal Society in London, which was published in 1800.
More major people born on February 18
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1964
Matt Dillon
American actor
Matthew Raymond Dillon is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Over the Edge (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films My Bodyguard (1980), Little Darlings (1980), Liar's…
1201
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian scientist and writer (died 1274)
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, also known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī or simply as (al-)Tusi, was a Persian polymath, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian.
2001
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
American basketball player
Jaime Jaquez Jr. is a Mexican-American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.
1745
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, invented the battery (died 1827)
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta was an Italian chemist and physicist who was a pioneer of electricity and power, and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.
1952
Randy Crawford
American jazz and R&B singer
Veronica "Randy" Crawford is an American retired jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist.
1848
Louis Comfort Tiffany
American stained glass artist (died 1933)
Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in art glass, especially stained glass and Favrile glass.
1940
Fabrizio De André
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)
Fabrizio Cristiano De André was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent cantautore of his time.
1939
Claude Ake
Nigerian political scientist and academic (died 1996)
Claude Ake was a Nigerian political scientist from Omoku, in Rivers State, Nigeria.
1994
J-Hope
South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer
Jung Ho-seok, known professionally as J-Hope, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. He made his debut as a member of South Korean boy band BTS in 2013, under Big Hit Entertainment.
1921
Mary Amdur
American toxicologist and public health researcher (died 1998)
Mary Ochsenhirt Amdur was an American toxicologist and public health researcher who worked primarily on pollution.
1818
John O'Shanassy
Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (died 1883)
Sir John O'Shanassy, KCMG, was an Irish-Australian politician who served as the 2nd Premier of Victoria.
1530
Uesugi Kenshin
Japanese daimyō (died 1578)
Nagao Kagetora , later known as Uesugi Kenshin , was a Japanese daimyō (magnate). He was born into the Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan.
1896
Li Linsi
Chinese educator and diplomat (died 1970)
Li Linsi, born Li Jiaxiang (厉家祥), was a Chinese educator, diplomat, and scholar who has been recognized as one of the key figures in modern Chinese cultural and diplomatic history.
1516
Mary I
Queen of England (died 1558)
Mary I was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
1547
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī
founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (died 1621)
Baha al-Din al-Amili, commonly known as Sheikh Bahāʾī, was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran, who composed various works in Arabic and Persian.
1957
Vanna White
American television personality
Vanna Marie White is an American television personality. She is best known as the co-host of the game show Wheel of Fortune, a position she has held since 1982.
1931
Johnny Hart
American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id (died 2007)
John Lewis Hart was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id. Brant Parker co-produced and illustrated The Wizard of Id.
1974
Julia Butterfly Hill
American environmentalist and author
Julia Lorraine Hill, best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate.
1892
Wendell Willkie
American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1944)
Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president of the United States.