Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18
Sunday, 28 December 2025
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 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 August - 18. 

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

1983 On this day in history hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas 

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 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 

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. 

1988 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment on August - 18. 

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

1988 On this day in history republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket 

1988 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1991 Pan Am games closes in Havana on August - 18. 

1991 On this day in history vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies 

1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies on August - 18. 

1993 Waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control on August - 18. 

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 this day in history 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 Peace Mission 205, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula on August - 18. 

2007 On August - 18 typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan. 

2010 Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931) on August - 18. 

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

2012 Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen on this day in history. 

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

2017 White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump on this day in history. 

2018 Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with engagement party in Mumbai, India More >> on August - 18. 

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

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