Page 4: Historical Events In August - 18

1905  Greta Garbo, actress famed recluse on August - 18.   

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

1907  Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC) on August - 18.   

1907  John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82 on August - 18.   

1908  Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu) on this day in history.   

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

1909  On this day in history miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)   

1910  Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality   

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

1915  Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 on August - 18.   

1915  Max Lanier, baseball player on August - 18.   

1916  Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) on this day in history.   

1916  Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36 on August - 18.   

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

1917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)   

1918  Elsa Morante, writer on this day in history.   

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

1919  Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71) on August - 18.   

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  Bob Kennedy, baseball player on this day in history.   

1921  ZdzisÅ‚aw Å»ygulski, Jr., Polish art historian on August - 18.   

1922  The birth of Shelley Winters, American actress on August - 18.   

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 August - 18.   

1924  On August - 18 france begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied   

1924  Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12] on August - 18.   

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 August - 18.   

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

1450  On August - 18 birth of marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet   

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  Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents was born on this day in history.   

1596  Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history 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  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.   

0849  Death of Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on August - 18.   

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

1236  Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1318  On this day in history death of clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)   

1430  On August - 18 death of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)