Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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.