Page 4: Historical Events In August - 18

1905  On August - 18 greta Garbo, actress famed recluse   

1906  Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile) on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 18 cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)   

1907  John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1908  Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu) on August - 18.   

1909  On this day in history mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.   

1909  On this day in history miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)   

1910  Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality   

1914  On this day in history oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km)   

1915  Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 on this day in history.   

1915  Max Lanier, baseball player on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 18 elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)   

1916  On August - 18 edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36   

1917  On this day in history capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

1917  On August - 18 sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

1917  On this day in history dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)   

1917  Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87) on this day in history.   

1918  Elsa Morante, writer on August - 18.   

1919  Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois on August - 18.   

1919  On this day in history walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71)   

1920  On August - 18 tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right   

1920  1st class debut of Walter Hammond on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history bob Kennedy, baseball player   

1921  On this day in history zdzisÅ‚aw Å»ygulski, Jr., Polish art historian   

1922  The birth of Shelley Winters, American actress on August - 18.   

1922  Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur) on August - 18.   

1923  On this day in history 37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)   

1923  On August - 18 jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)   

1924  France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied on this day in history.   

1924  Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12] on August - 18.   

1925  On this day in history belgian & US sign treaty about war debts   

1925  Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy) on August - 18.   

1926  On this day in history england regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0   

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1414  On this day in history birth of jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)   

1450  On this day in history birth of marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet   

1579  On this day in history birth of charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange   

1587  1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents was born on August - 18.   

1596  Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665) was born on August - 18.   

1605  Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660) was born on August - 18.   

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

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.   

0849  Death of Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on August - 18.   

1227  Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on August - 18.   

1236  On August - 18 theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies   

1258  On this day in history death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

1276  On this day in history adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies   

1318  Death of Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)