February 18
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February 18 is the 49 th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 316 days remaining until the end of the year (317 in leap years).
Government & Advocacy
- 1901 - Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons. Churchill was known to have a speech impediment. He eventually overcame his disability and became one of the most famous orators in history.
Technology
- 2008 - AssistiveGaming.com, a site for accessible gaming on Mac OS X, is launched . AssistiveWare launched AssistiveGaming.com which featured articles about general gaming topics, reviews discussing individual games, and short descriptions of games with a special focus on their accessibility.[1]
Births
- 1871 - Harry Brearley - Englishman and inventor of stainless steel. Stainless steel is used in a wide variety of dental and surgical instruments.[2]
- 1934 - Audre Lorde - American writer, poet and activist. Nearsighted and legally blind, Lorde was a controversial poet who once referred to herself as "a black feminist lesbian mother poet".[1]
