Historical Events In August - 18

1905  Greta Garbo, actress famed recluse on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)   

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

1907  On August - 18 john Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82   

1908  On this day in history armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)   

1909  Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River on August - 18.   

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

1910  On this day in history charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor   

1914  Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality on this day in history.   

1914  Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km) on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 18 braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1   

1915  On this day in history max Lanier, baseball player   

1916  Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) on August - 18.   

1916  Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36 on August - 18.   

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

1917  Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.   

1917  On August - 18 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1920  On this day in history tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right   

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

1920  Bob Kennedy, baseball player on August - 18.   

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

1922  On this day in history the birth of Shelley Winters, American actress   

1922  On this day in history alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)   

1923  On August - 18 37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)   

1923  On this day in history jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)   

1924  On this day in history france begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied   

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

1925  Belgian & US sign treaty about war debts on August - 18.   

1925  On this day in history brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy)   

1926  England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 on August - 18.   

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1414  Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492) was born on August - 18.   

1450  Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 18 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 August - 18.   

1587  On this day in history birth of virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents   

1596  On August - 18 birth of jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)   

1605  On August - 18 birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)   

1606  Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

0353  On this day in history death of decentius, Roman usurper   

0849  Death of Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian on this day in history.   

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

1236  Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on August - 18.   

1258  On August - 18 death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

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

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

1430  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on this day in history.