Historical Events In August - 18
Friday, 29 March 2024
1980 Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
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 On August - 18 nYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded
1982 On August - 18 beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1983 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas on August - 18.
1983 On August - 18 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 August - 18.
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 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment on August - 18.
1988 On this day in history largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket on August - 18.
1988 On August - 18 alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
1989 Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies on August - 18.
1990 On this day in history b F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
1991 On this day in history pan Am games closes in Havana
1991 On August - 18 vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
1992 On August - 18 gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1993 On this day in history waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control
1993 On this day in history alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1995 On August - 18 james Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1996 On this day in history geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
2005 BTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences on this day in history.
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 Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931) on this day in history.
2011 The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment on August - 18.
2012 On this day in history 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 White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump on August - 18.
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 August - 18.