Historical Events In August - 18

1980  Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 on August - 18.   

1981  On August - 18 jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons   

1981  On August - 18 anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88   

1982  NYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded on August - 18.   

1982  Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1983  Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel   

1984  Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28 21, 10 hours faster than the first man to do it   

1987  On August - 18 philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28:21, 10 hours faster than the first man to do it   

1988  On this day in history fDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment   

1988  On August - 18 largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million   

1988  Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket on this day in history.   

1988  Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42 on August - 18.   

1989  On this day in history bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies   

1990  B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  Pan Am games closes in Havana on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies   

1992  On this day in history gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies   

1993  Waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control on this day in history.   

1993  Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88   

1995  On this day in history james Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66   

1996  Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103 on this day in history.   

2005  On August - 18 bTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences.   

2005  Peace Mission 205, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula on August - 18.   

2007  On August - 18 typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.   

2010  On this day in history hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931)   

2011  The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment on this day in history.   

2012  Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India   

2017  White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump on August - 18.   

2018  On August - 18 indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with engagement party in Mumbai, India More >>   

2018  On August - 18 archaeologists confirm first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt 3,200 years old in tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis   

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1414  Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492) was born on August - 18.   

1450  Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.   

1579  Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1587  1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents   

1596  On August - 18 birth of jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)   

1605  On August - 18 birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)   

1606  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)   

0353  On August - 18 death of decentius, Roman usurper   

0849  Death of Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on this day in history.   

1227  On this day in history genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies   

1236  On August - 18 theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies   

1258  Death of Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on August - 18.   

1276  On this day in history adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies   

1318  Death of Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on August - 18.   

1430  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on August - 18.