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Tuesday, 18 August 2026
1990 In this year, Jan Stephenson claims J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game. 
1990 Poland holds its inaugural free elections in over fifty years.
1990 Radical Democratic Party holds inaugural political meetings in Moscow
1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die.
1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
1992 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
1993 Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 homeruns
1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, results in the deaths of 6
1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
1994 Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile.
1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
1994 Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters.
1994 Larry King ended his radio show.
1994 Nobel Prize-winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia, ending two decades of exile
1994 Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35).
1994 Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87.
1995 Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) is paralyzed after an accident during an equestrian event in Charlottesville, VA
1995 C W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64
1996 Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79.
1997 Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract.
1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million.
1997 Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault
1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO.
1997 The inaugural all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole.
2006 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes central Java in Indonesia, killing more than 6000, injuring at least 36000 and leaving some 1.5 million people homeless
2006 The inaugural demonstration for gay rights in Moscow is broken up by the police
2007 In this year, Dario Franchitti claims the 2007 Indianapolis 500
2012 A NATO airstrike results in the deaths of a family of eight, including six children, in Afghanistan.
2013 75 people are killed and 200 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq.
2014 The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde calls for "tougher regulation and tighter supervision" of banking sector.
2017 FA Cup Final: Arsenal defeat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley, London
2017 In Bangalore, India, white puffy toxic foam begins spilling out of Varthur Lake onto city streets
2018 Italian PM-designate Giuseppe Conte gives up attempt to form coalition government after President Sergio Matarella vetoes his choice of economy minister.
2018 Oil workers for Brazilian state oil company Petrobrás join the truckers' national strike.
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