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 August - 18.   

1907  Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC) on August - 18.   

1907  On this day in history john Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82   

1908  On August - 18 armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)   

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 August - 18 miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)   

1910  Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor on August - 18.   

1914  Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality on August - 18.   

1914  Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km) on August - 18.   

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

1915  Max Lanier, baseball player on August - 18.   

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

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

1917  On August - 18 dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)   

1917  On this day in history casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)   

1918  On August - 18 elsa Morante, writer   

1919  On this day in history anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois   

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 August - 18 1st class debut of Walter Hammond   

1920  On August - 18 bob Kennedy, baseball player   

1921  On August - 18 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 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  On this day in history belgian & US sign treaty about war debts   

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

1926  On August - 18 england regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0   

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

1450  On August - 18 birth of marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet   

1579  On August - 18 birth of charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange   

1587  On August - 18 birth of 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)   

1587  On August - 18 birth of virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents   

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

1605  On this day in history 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 August - 18.   

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

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

1258  Death of Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on this day in history.   

1276  On August - 18 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  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on August - 18.