Historical Events In August - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1980 On this day in history norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
1981 Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons on August - 18.
1981 Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 on August - 18.
1982 On this day in history nYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded
1982 On this day in history beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
1983 On this day in history hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas
1983 On this day in history samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28 21, 10 hours faster than the first man to do it
1987 Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28:21, 10 hours faster than the first man to do it on August - 18.
1988 On August - 18 fDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million on August - 18.
1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket on August - 18.
1988 Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42 on this day in history.
1989 On August - 18 bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
1990 B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history pan Am games closes in Havana
1991 On August - 18 vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
1992 On August - 18 gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1993 Waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control on August - 18.
1993 Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 on this day in history.
1994 On August - 18 gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
1995 On August - 18 james Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1996 Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103 on August - 18.
2005 BTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences on August - 18.
2005 On August - 18 peace Mission 205, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula.
2007 Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on this day in history.
2010 On August - 18 hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931)
2011 On August - 18 the West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment
2012 On August - 18 al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen
2013 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history white House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump
2018 On this day in history indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with engagement party in Mumbai, India More >>
2018 On August - 18 archaeologists confirm first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt 3,200 years old in tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis