Page 7: Historical Events In August - 18

1980  Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1981  On August - 18 jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons   

1981  On August - 18 anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88   

1982  On August - 18 nYSE tops 100 M share volume figure, 132.69 M shares traded   

1982  On this day in history beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87   

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

1983  On August - 18 samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel   

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  On this day in history 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   

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  On August - 18 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  On August - 18 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  Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies on this day in history.   

1990  B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 on August - 18.   

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 August - 18 gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies   

1993  Waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control on this day in history.   

1993  On August - 18 alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47   

1994  Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1995  James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103   

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

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  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  On this day in history al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen   

2013  On August - 18 6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India   

2017  On August - 18 white House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump   

2018  Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with engagement party in Mumbai, India More >> on August - 18.   

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  Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1450  Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents   

1596  On August - 18 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  Death of Decentius, Roman usurper on this day in history.   

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

1227  On August - 18 genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies   

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

1258  On August - 18 death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

1276  On August - 18 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)