February 18 in history: • 1268 – Northern Crusades: The Battle of Wesenberg (depicted) took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia. → go there • 1766 – Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators. → go there • 1943 – The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo. → go there • 1946 – President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II. → go there • 2001 – American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and GRU over a 22-year period. → go there Born 1626: Francesco Redi Wiki link Died 1743: Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici Wiki link Born 1931: Toni Morrison Wiki link Born 1933: Bobby Robson Wiki link Pictured: 16th century depiction of the Battle of Wesenberg.