Page 4: Historical Events In August - 18

1905  On August - 18 greta Garbo, actress famed recluse   

1906  On August - 18 andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)   

1907  On August - 18 cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)   

1907  On August - 18 john Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82   

1908  On this day in history armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)   

1909  On this day in history mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.   

1909  Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) on August - 18.   

1910  On August - 18 charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor   

1914  Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 18 oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km)   

1915  On this day in history braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1   

1915  Max Lanier, baseball player on August - 18.   

1916  Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) on August - 18.   

1916  On August - 18 edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36   

1917  Capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on August - 18.   

1917  On August - 18 sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

1917  On this day in history dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)   

1917  Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87) on August - 18.   

1918  Elsa Morante, writer on August - 18.   

1919  On this day in history anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois   

1919  On August - 18 walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)   

1920  Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right on August - 18.   

1920  On this day in history 1st class debut of Walter Hammond   

1920  On this day in history bob Kennedy, baseball player   

1921  On this day in history zdzisÅ‚aw Å»ygulski, Jr., Polish art historian   

1922  On August - 18 the birth of Shelley Winters, American actress   

1922  On August - 18 alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)   

1923  37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61) on August - 18.   

1923  Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour) on this day in history.   

1924  France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied on August - 18.   

1924  On this day in history mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12]   

1925  On August - 18 belgian & US sign treaty about war debts   

1925  On this day in history brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy)   

1926  England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 on this day in history.   

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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 August - 18.   

1587  1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) was born on August - 18.   

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  Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646) was born on August - 18.   

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on August - 18.   

0849  On August - 18 death of walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian   

1227  Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on August - 18.   

1236  On this day in history theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies   

1258  On August - 18 death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

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

1318  On August - 18 death of clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)   

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