Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18

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

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 August - 18.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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   

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

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

1988  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies   

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

1991  Pan Am games closes in Havana on this day in history.   

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 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  Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history james Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66   

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

2005  On August - 18 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  Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on August - 18.   

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

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

2012  On this day in history al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen   

2013  6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India on August - 18.   

2017  White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump on August - 18.   

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 August - 18.   

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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 this day in history.   

1579  Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange was born on August - 18.   

1587  1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 18 birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)   

1606  On August - 18 birth of maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)   

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  On August - 18 theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies   

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  Death of Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on this day in history.   

1430  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on August - 18.