Historical Events In August - 18

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

1981  On this day in history jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons   

1981  On this day in history anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88   

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

1982  Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1983  Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel on this day in history.   

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  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.   

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  FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 18 largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million   

1988  On this day in history republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket   

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  On this day in history b F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86   

1991  On August - 18 pan Am games closes in Havana   

1991  On August - 18 vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies   

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

1993  On this day in history waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control   

1993  Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 on August - 18.   

1994  On this day in history gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88   

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 August - 18.   

2005  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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 August - 18.   

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

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1414  On this day in history birth of jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)   

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 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  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  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  On this day in history death of clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)   

1430  On August - 18 death of thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)