Page 7: 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 August - 18 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  On August - 18 beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87   

1983  Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas on August - 18.   

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

1984  On this day in history triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire   

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 this day in history.   

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  Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket on August - 18.   

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  B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history pan Am games closes in Havana   

1991  Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies on August - 18.   

1992  Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies on this day in history.   

1993  Waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control on August - 18.   

1993  On this day in history alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47   

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  Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103 on August - 18.   

2005  On August - 18 bTK killer Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences.   

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 this day in history hal Connolly, American Athlete and hammer thrower (b.1931)   

2011  The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment on this day in history.   

2012  Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen on this day in history.   

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 August - 18 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 August - 18.   

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1414  Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1450  On this day in history birth of marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet   

1579  On August - 18 birth of charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange   

1587  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)   

1606  On August - 18 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  Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies on this day in history.   

1236  Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies on August - 18.   

1258  On this day in history death of theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea   

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

1318  Death of Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) on August - 18.   

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