Historical Events In August - 18

1980  On August - 18 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  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  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  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  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  On this day in history bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies  

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 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  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 August - 18.  

1995  James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66 on August - 18.  

1996  On August - 18 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 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 this day in history.  

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 August - 18 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  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  On this day in history birth of jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)  

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 August - 18.  

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

1596  On this day in history birth of jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)  

1605  On August - 18 birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)  

1606  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)  

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.  

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.