Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18

1980  Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1981  Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1983  Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire   

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.   

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  On this day in history fDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment   

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

1989  On August - 18 bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies   

1990  B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1994  On August - 18 gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88   

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

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

2007  Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on August - 18.   

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

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 August - 18 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India   

2017  On August - 18 white House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump   

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

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  On this day in history birth of jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)   

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 this day in history.   

1587  On August - 18 birth of 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)   

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 August - 18.   

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  On this day in history death of decentius, Roman usurper   

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

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

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

1258  On this day in history death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

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

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

1430  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)