Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18

1980  Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 on August - 18.   

1981  Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons on this day in history.   

1981  Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 on August - 18.   

1982  NYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 18 beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87   

1983  Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel   

1984  On August - 18 triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire   

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.   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history fDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment   

1988  On this day in history largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million   

1988  Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 18 alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42   

1989  On this day in history bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies   

1990  On August - 18 b F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86   

1991  Pan Am games closes in Havana on this day in history.   

1991  Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies   

1993  On August - 18 waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control   

1993  On this day in history alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47   

1994  Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88 on August - 18.   

1995  On this day in history james Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66   

1996  On August - 18 geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103   

2005  BTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences on this day in history.   

2005  Peace Mission 205, the first joint China-Russia military exercise, begins its 8-day training on the Shandong peninsula on August - 18.   

2007  On this day in history typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.   

2010  Hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931) on August - 18.   

2011  On this day in history the West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment   

2012  Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India   

2017  White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump on this day in history.   

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 this day in history archaeologists confirm first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt 3,200 years old in tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis   

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1414  On August - 18 birth of jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)   

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

1579  Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646) was born on August - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1258  Death of Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea on August - 18.   

1276  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)