Page 4: Historical Events In August - 18

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

1906  On August - 18 andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)   

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

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  Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) on August - 18.   

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

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  On August - 18 max Lanier, baseball player   

1916  On this day in history elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)   

1916  On this day in history edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36   

1917  On August - 18 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  Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) on this day in history.   

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

1918  On this day in history elsa Morante, writer   

1919  On August - 18 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  Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right on August - 18.   

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

1920  On this day in history bob Kennedy, baseball player   

1921  ZdzisÅ‚aw Å»ygulski, Jr., Polish art historian on August - 18.   

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

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

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

1923  Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 18.   

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 August - 18.   

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

1596  On this day in history birth of jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)   

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

1606  On August - 18 birth of maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)   

0353  On August - 18 death of decentius, Roman usurper   

0849  On this day in history death of walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian   

1227  On August - 18 genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies   

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

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

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

1318  On August - 18 death of clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)   

1430  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on August - 18.