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Today In History - August 18 |
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On This Date in History |
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410 King Alarik I's Visigoten plunders Rome 1289 Pope Nicolaus IV publishes "Supra montem" 1564 Spanish King Philip II joins the Council of Trente 1572 King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois 1605 The Spanish army conquerors Lingen 1674 Jean Racine's "Iphigenie," premieres in Versailles 1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus 1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam 1735 The Evening Post begins publishing 1759 The 2nd sea battle of Lagos 1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000 people 1795 Curacao governor De Veer sends militia to stop rebellious slaves 1817 In Gloucester, Massachusetts, the newspapers tells of a wild sea serpent seen offshore 1834 Mt. Vesuvius erupts (again) 1835 The last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago 1838 The 1st U.S. marine expedition 1840 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons is founded in New York 1846 General Stephen W. Kearney's forces capture Santa Fe, New Mexico 1858 The Netherlands and Japan sign a trade agreement 1862 General Lee's adjutant, Major Stuart, is captured 1862 The Sioux Indians begin an uprising in Minnesota 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in the solar spectrum during an eclipse 1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: 32,000 casualties 1872 The 1st mail-order catalog is issued by A. M. Ward 1873 The first ascent of Mount Whitney, California: 14,494' 1886 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles 1891 A Hurricane hits Martinique and 700 people die 1894 Congress creates the Bureau of Immigration 1896 Adolph Ochs buys the New York Times 1914 The Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp 1914 French troops occupy Sarrebourg 1914 President Wilson issues the "Proclamation of Neutrality" 1917 The Dutch Naval Air Force forms 1919 The Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois 1920 Tennessee ratifies the 19th Amendment, and guarantees women voting rights 1925 Belgian and the U.S. sign a treaty about war debts 1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service 1937 The first FM radio construction permit is issued: Boston, MA 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada 1940 71 German aircraft are shot down over England 1941 Concentration camp Amersfoort opens 1943 The final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrives at Auschwitz 1944 Paris railroad workers strike against Nazi occupation forces 1944 The U.S. 15th Army Corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris 1944 The U.S. 20th Army Corp conquers Chartres 1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 people 1949 Hungary adopts a constitution 1954 James E. Wilkins is the first black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting 1955 Hurricane Diane strikes and kills 400 people 1956 Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1 1957 The U.S. performs nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site 1958 "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, is published 1958 Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel 1958 The TV game show scandal investigation starts 1958 The U.S. performs an atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1960 The first commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie, Illinois 1960 The first photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1960 Beatles give their first public performance 1961 Construction on the Berlin Wall is completed 1962 Peter, Paul, and Mary release their first hit: "If I Had a Hammer" 1963 James Meredith becomes the first black graduate from University of Mississippi 1964 Charles Helu is elected president of Lebanon 1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games because of apartheid policies 1967 Rolling Stones release "We Love You" 1969 Mick Jagger is accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly" 1972 Police fine Paul and Linda McCartney 800 Pounds in Sweden for cannabis possession 1973 Gene Krupa plays for the final time: with the Benny Goodman Quartet 1973 Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial's record 1977 Two girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland 1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands a Saint War against the Kurds 1979 Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests 1981 "My Fair Lady" opens at the Uris Theater New York City 1981 Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons 1982 NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded 1983 Hurricane Alicia hit Houston and Galveston, Texas 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests 1986 Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness 1986 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia Pennsylvania: WYSP 94.1 FM 1986 John Tesh's first appearance on Entertainment Tonight 1987 Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life sentences for poisoning 24 people 1988 The FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment 1988 The largest house (with 130 rooms) on Long Island is sold for $22 million 1988 Republican Convention delegates in New Orleans select the Bush-Quayle ticket 1991 Hurricane Bob slams North Carolina with 115 MPH wind 1991 The Pan Am Games close in Havana |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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472 Flavius Ricimer 1992 Frances Bean Cobain 1976 Tom Malchow 1976 Daphnee Lynn Duplaix 1974 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 1974 Sekou Soumah 1973 Luke Fickell 1973 Clarence Benford 1973 Alex Pijper 1972 Ray Jacobs 1972 Nate Jones 1972 Loraine Lambert 1972 Derrick Harris 1971 Trey Ames 1971 Mindy Czuleger 1971 Kevin Bouie 1971 Jonathan David Winter 1971 Jada Pinkett 1970 Robert Higginson 1970 Richie Cunningham 1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner 1969 Isaac Austin 1969 Edward Norton 1969 Christian Slater 1968 Justin Strzelczyk 1968 John Coyle 1968 Griffin Drew 1968 Greta Lind, Goshen 1968 Carolyn Crudgington 1968 Brian Mitchell 1967 Julie Kristen Smith 1967 John Jurkovic 1967 Blas Elias Gomez 1966 Steve Avery 1963 Luiz Mattar 1961 John Viscardi 1960 Sonny Skinner 1958 Madeleine Stowe 1957 Ron Strykert 1957 Denis Leary 1957 Carole Bouquest 1952 Patrick Swayze 1952 Nicholas John 1952 Elayne Boosler 1951 Greg Pruitt 1950 Lynn Adams 1950 Dennis Elliot 1950 Candice Earley 1949 Nigel Griggs 1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan 1948 Carol O'Neal 1945 Barbara Harris 1943 Sarah Dash 1943 Martin Mull 1941 Christopher Jones 1940 Frankie Avalon 1939 Molly Bee 1939 Johnny Preston 1937 William George Rushton 1937 Robert Redford 1935 Gail Fisher 1934 Vincent Bugliosi 1934 Roberto Clemente 1933 Roman Polanski 1930 Johnny Preston 1930 Grant Williams 1928 Marge Schott 1927 Rosalynn Smith Carter 1922 Shelley Winters 1920 Bob Kennedy 1918 Elsa Morante 1917 Casper Weinberger 1916 Moura Lympany 1916 Elsa Morante 1915 Max Lanier 1908 Milan Ristic 1908 Edgar Faure 1907 Otto Mortensen 1907 Howard Swanson 1906 Andre Van Gyseghem 1905 Peter Paul Kreuder 1905 Greta Garbo 1904 Sterling W. Cole 1904 Max Factor 1904 Jean Daste 1900 Walter O'Keefe 1896 Alan Mowbray 1893 Ernest MacMillan 1883 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel 1875 Johan E. Elias 1873 Otto Harbach 1873 Leo Slezak 1871 Johan J. Arch 1856 Jan Karol Gali 1856 Charles Hutchison Gabriel 1849 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard 1834 Marshall Field 1813 Benjamin Alvord 1807 Charles Francis Adams 1805 Josef Danhauser 1774 Meriwether Lewis 1769 Alexandre Stievenard 1685 Brook Taylor 1587 Virginia Dare (The first American born of English parents) |
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