Historical Events In August - 18

1905  On this day in history greta Garbo, actress famed recluse   

1906  On this day in history andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor (Search for the Nile)   

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

1907  John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 18 armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)   

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 August - 18.   

1910  On August - 18 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on August - 18.   

1917  On this day in history dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)   

1917  On this day in history casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)   

1918  Elsa Morante, writer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right   

1920  1st class debut of Walter Hammond on August - 18.   

1920  On this day in history bob Kennedy, baseball player   

1921  On August - 18 zdzisÅ‚aw Å»ygulski, Jr., Polish art historian   

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  On August - 18 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  On August - 18 brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author (Helliconia Trilogy)   

1926  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

0353  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.   

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 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)