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Historical Events In August - 18

Thursday, 28 September 2023

1980  On August - 18 norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On this day in history jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  NYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On August - 18 samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 18 fDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 18 alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  On this day in history bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history b F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history pan Am games closes in Havana  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On this day in history waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88 on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66 on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On August - 18 geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2005  BTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2010  On this day in history hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2011  On this day in history the West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2012  On August - 18 al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2013  On August - 18 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Archaeologists confirm first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt 3,200 years old in tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 18

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1414  On this day in history birth of jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1450  Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1579  Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange was born on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) was born on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  On this day in history birth of virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1596  On this day in history birth of jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On August - 18 birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Famous Deaths In August - 18

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0849  On August - 18 death of walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1227  On August - 18 genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1236  On August - 18 theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1258  Death of Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1276  Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1318  Death of Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1430  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on August - 18.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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