Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18
Saturday, 13 December 2025
1980 On August - 18 norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 

1981 On August - 18 jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons 

1981 On August - 18 anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 

1982 NYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded on this day in history. 

1982 On this day in history beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 

1983 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas on this day in history. 

1983 On August - 18 samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 

1984 On August - 18 triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 

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 

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 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 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 Pan Am games closes in Havana on August - 18. 

1991 Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies on this day in history. 

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

2010 On August - 18 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history archaeologists confirm first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt 3,200 years old in tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis 

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