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August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 135 days remaining.
Events
- 1201 - The City of Riga is founded.
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- 1572 - Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre with Marguerite De Valois , in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics .
- 1587 - Virginia Dare , granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony Of Roanoke , becomes the first English child born in the Americas .
- 1590 - John White , the governor of the Colony Of Roanoke , returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
- 1634 - Urbain Grandier , accused and convicted of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun , France.
- - Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia , by attacking the Weldon Railroad .
- 1868 - French Astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen Discovers Helium .
- 1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos .
- 1903 - German Engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding Airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers .
- 1904 - Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister Of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid .
- 1909 - Tokyo mayor Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River .
- 1920 - 19th Amendment To US Constitution passes, guaranteeing women's Suffrage .
- 1938 - The Thousand Islands Bridge , connecting New York State , United States with Ontario , Canada over the St. Lawrence River , is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic Euthanasia of Mentally Ill and Handicapped due to protests.
- 1950 - Julien Lahaut , the chairman of the Communist Party Of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
- 1958 - Vladimir Nabokov 's controversial novel '' Lolita '' is published in the United States.
- becomes the first black person to graduate from the University Of Mississippi .
- begins - United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
- occurs, when a patrol of Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong .
- 1969 - Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock .
- and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam .
- 1976 - In North Korea at Panmunjom, two US soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the DMZ which had obscured their view.
- 1982 - Japan ese election law is amended to allow for Proportional Representation .
- 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
- 1989 - Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia .
- Mikhail Gorbachev is put under House Arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros , Crimea .
- 1992 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
- 1992 - NBA Basketball player Larry Bird announces his retirement after winning an Olympic gold medal as a member of the U.S. '' Dream Team ''.
- 2004 - In Dublin , Ireland the Dublin Port Tunnel excavation works are completed.
- 2005 - Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK Serial Killings .
- 2005 - Massive Power Blackout hits the Indonesia n island of Java , affecting almost 100 million people.
- 2005 - Starbucks opens its first outlet in Ireland , in Dundrum Town Centre , south County Dublin .
Births
- 1414 - Jami , Persian poet (d. 1492 )
- 1450 - Marko Marulić , Croatian poet (d. 1524 )
- 1587 - Virginia Dare , first English child born in North America (d. 1588 )
- 1596 - Jean Bolland , Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665 )
- 1605 - Henry Hammond , English churchman (d. 1660 )
- 1685 - Brook Taylor , English mathematician (d. 1731 )
- 1692 - Louis Henri, Duc De Bourbon , Prime Minister Of France (d. 1740 )
- 1720 - Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers , English murderer (d. 1760 )
- 1750 - Antonio Salieri , Italian composer (d. 1825 )
- 1774 - Meriwether Lewis , American explorer (d. 1809 )
- 1822 - Isaac P. Rodman , American Union General (d. 1862 )
- 1830 - Emperor Franz Josef I Of Austria (d. 1916 )
- 1841 - William Halford , American naval officer (d. 1919 )
- 1857 - Libert H. Boeynaems , Belgian Catholic prelate (d. 1926 )
- 1890 - Walther Funk , German Nazi politician (d. 1960 )
- 1896 - Jack Pickford , Canadian-born actor (d. 1933 )
- 1902 - Adamson-Eric , Estonian painter (d. 1968 )
- 1904 - Max Factor , Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996 )
- 1917 - Caspar Weinberger , United States Secretary Of Defense (d. 2006 )
- 1918 - Walter Joseph Hickel , Governor of Alaska and US Secretary Of The Interior
- 1920 - Bob Kennedy , baseball player and manager (d. 2005 )
- 1920 - Shelley Winters , American actress (d. 2006 )
- 1922 - Alain Robbe-Grillet , French writer
- 1925 - Brian Aldiss , English writer
- 1927 - Rosalynn Carter , First Lady Of The United States
- 1928 - Marge Schott , baseball team owner (d. 2004 )
- 1929 - Hugues Aufray , French singer
- 1931 - Bramwell Tillsley , Canadian Salvation Army general
- 1932 - William R. Bennett , Premier of British Columbia
- 1933 - Roman Polanski , French-born director and actor
- 1933 - Just Fontaine , French footballer
- 1934 - Vincent Bugliosi , American attorney
- 1934 - Roberto Clemente , Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (d. 1972 )
- 1934 - Ronnie Carroll , British singer
- 1935 - Rafer Johnson , American athlete
- 1935 - Howard Morrison , New Zealand entertainer
- 1936 - Robert Redford , American actor and director
- 1939 - Robert Horton , British businessman
- 1943 - Martin Mull , American comedian and actor
- 1943 - Carl Wayne , English singer (d. 2004 )
- 1945 - Barbara Harris , American singer ( Toys )
- 1952 - Patrick Swayze , American actor
- 1953 - Louie Gohmert , American politician
- 1955 - Taher ElGamal , Egyptian scientist
- 1957 - Carole Bouquet , French actress
- 1957 - Denis Leary , American comedian and actor
- 1958 - Madeleine Stowe , American actress
- 1960 - Fat Lever , American basketball player
- 1966 - Gustavo Charif , Argentine artist
- 1965 - Koji Kikkawa , Japanese singer
- 1969 - Masta Killa , American rapper
- 1969 - Everlast , American musician
- 1969 - Edward Norton , American actor
- 1969 - Christian Slater , American actor
- 1970 - Jessica Hsuan , Hong Kong actress
- 1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner , American actor
- 1971 - Richard D James , Irish-born musician
- 1972 - Leo Ku , Hong Kong singer
- 1974 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul , West Indian cricketer
- 1979 - Selena Silver , Australian actress
- 1980 - Esteban Cambiasso , Argentine footballer
- 1984 - Robert Huth , German footballer
Deaths
- 472 - Ricimer , Roman general
- 849 - Walafrid Strabo , German monk and theologian
- 1227 - Genghis Khan , Mongol leader
- 1258 - Theodore II Lascaris , Emperor of the Empire Of Nicaea
- 1276 - Pope Adrian V
- 1430 - Thomas De Ros, 9th Baron De Ros , English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406 )
- 1503 - Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431 )
- 1559 - Pope Paul IV (b. 1476 )
- 1563 - Étienne De La Boétie , French judge and writer (b. 1530 )
- 1613 - Giovanni Artusi , Italian composer
- 1620 - Wanli , Emperor Of China (b. 1563 )
- 1634 - Urbain Grandier , French priest (b. 1590 )
- 1642 - Guido Reni , Italian painter (b. 1575 )
- 1645 - Eudoxia Streshneva , Tsarina of Mikhail I Of Russia (b. 1608 )
- 1683 - Charles Hart , English actor (b. 1625 )
- 1707 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke Of Devonshire , English soldier and statesman (b. 1640 )
- 1712 - Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers , English soldier
- 1765 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708 )
- 1809 - Matthew Boulton , English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728 )
- 1815 - Chauncey Goodrich , U.S. Senator from Connecticut (b. 1759 )
- 1842 - Louis De Freycinet , French explorer (b. 1779 )
- 1850 - Honoré De Balzac , French writer (b. 1799 )
- 1940 - Walter P. Chrysler , American automobile executive (b. 1875 )
- 1949 - Paul Mares , American musician (b. 1900 )
- 1963 - Clifford Odets , American playwright (b. 1906 )
- 1981 - Anita Loos , American screenwriter, playwright, and author (b. 1889 )
- 1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner , German-born art historian (b. 1902 )
- 1990 - Grethe Ingmann , Danish singer (b. 1938 )
- 1994 - Richard Laurence Millington Synge , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914 )
- 1998 - Persis Khambatta , Indian actress (b. 1950 )
- 2004 - Elmer Bernstein , American composer (b. 1922 )
Holidays and observances
External links
August 17 - August 19 - July 18 - September 18 -- Listing Of All Days
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