What Happened on February 18, 1980

• 30th Berlin International Film Festival: "Heartland" and "Palermo or Wolfsburg" win the Golden Bear (tie)

• East German cross country skier Barbara Petzold wins first of 2 gold medals at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in women's 10k; also takes gold as part of 4 x 5k relay team
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian elections
• Soviet figure skater Irina Rodnina wins her 3rd consecutive Olympic pairs title at Lake Placid; gold medals with husband Alexander Zaitsev (1976, 80) and Alexei Ulanov (1972)

• Dwight Freeney, American College-Pro Football defensive end (Syracuse Uni; Super Bowl LXI Indianapolis Colts; 3 x First-team All-Pro; 7 × Pro Bowl; NFL sacks leader 2004), born in Hartford, Connecticut
• Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player, born in Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
• Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter ("Begin To Hope"), born in Moscow, Russia

• Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies of lung cancer at 58

Holidays: Washington's Birthday (United States)

• #1 Song: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
• #1 Song: Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers