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Historical Events In August - 18

Friday, 24 March 2023

1905  On this day in history greta Garbo, actress famed recluse  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On this day in history cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On August - 18 john Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1908  Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On this day in history pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On August - 18 braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On this day in history max Lanier, baseball player  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  On this day in history edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1917  Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1917  On August - 18 casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  Elsa Morante, writer on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1919  On this day in history anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1919  On August - 18 walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  On August - 18 1st class debut of Walter Hammond  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  On this day in history bob Kennedy, baseball player  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish art historian on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  The birth of Shelley Winters, American actress on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  On August - 18 37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  On this day in history jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  On this day in history france begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  On August - 18 mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12]  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1925  On August - 18 belgian & US sign treaty about war debts  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1925  Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  On August - 18 england regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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List Of Important Days In August

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Famous Birthdays In August - 18

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1414  Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492) was born on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1450  Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet was born on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1579  On August - 18 birth of charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  On this day in history birth of virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1596  On this day in history birth of jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On August - 18 birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Famous Deaths In August - 18

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0849  On this day in history death of walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1227  Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1236  Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1258  On August - 18 death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1276  Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1318  On this day in history death of clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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