On this day — February 18

a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.

Resulting in 66 Deaths

At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.

182 of which being rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.

South Korea.

He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.

It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.

the commune of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, leading to the death of Funmilayo Anikulapo Kuti.