Historical Events In August - 18

1980  On this day in history norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65  

1981  On this day in history jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons  

1981  Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 on August - 18.  

1982  NYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded on this day in history.  

1982  Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 on August - 18.  

1983  On August - 18 hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas  

1983  Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel on August - 18.  

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  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 on August - 18.  

1987  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 on this day in history.  

1988  On August - 18 fDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment  

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

1988  On August - 18 republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket  

1988  On August - 18 alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42  

1989  Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies on this day in history.  

1990  B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 on August - 18.  

1991  On this day in history pan Am games closes in Havana  

1991  Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies on August - 18.  

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

1993  On August - 18 waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control  

1993  Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 on August - 18.  

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

1995  On August - 18 james Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66  

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

2005  On this day in history bTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences.  

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

2007  On this day in history typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.  

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

2011  On this day in history the West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment  

2012  On August - 18 al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen  

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

2017  On this day in history white House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump  

2018  On this day in history indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with engagement party in Mumbai, India More >>  

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

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 August - 18.  

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

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

1605  Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1227  On August - 18 genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies  

1236  Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on August - 18.  

1258  Death of Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on this day in history.  

1276  Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on August - 18.  

1318  On this day in history 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.