Page 4: Historical Events In August - 18

1905  Greta Garbo, actress famed recluse on August - 18.   

1906  Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile) on August - 18.   

1907  Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC) on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 18 john Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82   

1908  Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu) on this day in history.   

1909  Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River on August - 18.   

1909  On this day in history miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)   

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

1914  On August - 18 pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality   

1914  Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km) on this day in history.   

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

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

1918  On this day in history elsa Morante, writer   

1919  Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois on August - 18.   

1919  Walter J Hickel, (Gov-R-Alaska)/US Secretary of Interior (1969-71) on August - 18.   

1920  Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right on August - 18.   

1920  On August - 18 1st class debut of Walter Hammond   

1920  Bob Kennedy, baseball player on August - 18.   

1921  ZdzisÅ‚aw Å»ygulski, Jr., Polish art historian on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history the birth of Shelley Winters, American actress   

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

1923  On August - 18 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  On this day in history france begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied   

1924  Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1977-88)[or Aug 12] on August - 18.   

1925  Belgian & US sign treaty about war debts on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1587  Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents was born on August - 18.   

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  Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

0353  On August - 18 death of decentius, Roman usurper   

0849  On August - 18 death of walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian   

1227  Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on this day in history.   

1236  On this day in history theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies   

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

1276  Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies on this day in history.   

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)