18 February — memory beta

Events which occurred on the 18th of February.

Events

1546: Reformer Martin Luther dies.
1564: Fine art sculptor Michelangelo dies.
1930: Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
1934: Activist Audre Lorde is born.
2152: Enterprise personnel take shore leave on Risa. (ENT episode: "Two Days and Two Nights")
2155: A century before it is publicly known, Charles Tucker III and Tinh Hoc Phuong realize that Romulans are related to Vulcans. (ENT novel: The Good That Men Do)
2160: Section 31's Matthew Harris notifies Captain Jonathan Archer that Tucker has been declared dead, but T'Pol made mental contact with him earlier that day while meditating. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: To Brave the Storm)
2267: Journalist Tim Pennington hitches a ride on a hovercar traveling to small settlements on the Shival Flats on Vulcan. (VAN novel: Precipice)

1978: TOS comic: "The Youth Trap", part 8 is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic #1366.
1980: The 37th installment of TOS comic: "Dilithium Dilemma" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981

The 32nd installment of TOS comic: "Heads of State" is published.
TOS comic: "The Haunting of the Enterprise", part 2 is reprinted in b/w in Future Tense #16 by Marvel UK.

1982: The 116th installment of TOS comic: "Restructuring Is Futile" is published.
1983: The 5th installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
1991: TNG episode: "First Contact" airs (week of).
1998: VOY episode: "Prey" airs.
2004: ENT episode: "Doctor's Orders" airs.
2005: ENT episode: "Affliction" airs.
2009: TNG - Myriad Universes - The Last Generation comic: "Inevitability" is released by IDW Publishing.
2015: The Official Starships Collection, Issue 40, featuring the USS Enterprise-B, is released by Eaglemoss Collections.
2020: VOY reference: Voyager: 25th Anniversary Special is released by Titan Books.
2021: TOS omnibus: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever is released in Spanish by Editorial Drakul.
2022: TNG - Adventures RPG module: Upsetting the Balance is released by Mōdiphiüs Entertainment.