Page 4: Historical Events In August - 18

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

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

1907  On this day in history cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC)   

1907  John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82 on August - 18.   

1908  Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu) on August - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1909  Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) on this day in history.   

1910  Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality   

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

1915  Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 on August - 18.   

1915  On this day in history max Lanier, baseball player   

1916  Elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo) on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 18 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)   

1918  On August - 18 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  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 August - 18.   

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

1922  On August - 18 alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist (Voyeur)   

1923  On August - 18 37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)   

1923  On August - 18 jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)   

1924  On this day in history france begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied   

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

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  On August - 18 england regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0   

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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  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 this day in history.   

1605  Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660) was born on August - 18.   

1606  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)   

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on August - 18.   

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 August - 18 death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

1276  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406) on August - 18.