What Happened on February 18, 1974

• NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
• US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check

• Jillian Michaels, American fitness instructor and television personality (The Biggest Loser), born in Los Angeles, California
• Leilani Munter, American race car driver, and environmental activist, born in Rochester, Minnesota
• Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician, born in Winnipeg, Canada
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player (French Open 1996, Australian Open 1999), born in Sochi, Russia

Holidays: Washington's Birthday (United States)

• #1 Song: The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
• #1 Song: Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro