February 18

February 18 in Clemson History

[edit] Events on February 18 in Clemson's History

1971: The Clemson Little Theatre, the Clemson Music Club and the Clemson Players co-sponsor Guys And Dolls in Daniel Auditorium.
February 17, 1979-February 18, 1979: A second snowstorm beginning on a Saturday night closes the university for two days the following Monday and Tuesday. Many hall keg parties are thrown. (It's not safe to go to class, but we can darn sure get to the keg store uninjured!)
February 16-February 18, 1984: The All Western Region Band Festival is held on campus. Two bands of approximately 90 students, chosen by audition from the high schools from the counties of the western region of South Carolina, perform, culminating with a concert in Tillman Auditorium on February 18 at 8 p.m.
1989: Two students, playing a sort of game of "chicken" on the Seneca River trestle over Lake Hartwell, lose the game at 12:30 a.m. when northbound Southern Railway freight train No. 222 catches them too far from shore. Scott David Dean, of Alexandria, Virginia, leaps off the bridge but hits rocks under the water close to shore and dies in twenty minutes. Engineer Don Trexler is unable to avoid second man, James Frank Gilliland IV, 20, of Anderson, who is hit by the lead locomotive and killed instantly. A third student gets out of the way in time to survive. (The Tiger, Friday, February 24, 1989, Vol. 82, No. 18, page 2; interview with Trexler, 2007).
2000: Former Clemson President Bill Atchley dies.