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| Birthday August 18, 1587 Virginia Dare 1st child of English parents to be born in America |
| Birthday August 18, 1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents |
| Birthday August 18, 1685 Brook Taylor, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem |
| Birthday August 18, 1750 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer |
| Birthday August 18, 1774 Meriwether Lewis, American explorer |
| Birthday August 18, 1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica |
| Birthday August 18, 1792 John Earl Russell 1st, British Whig P.M. (1846-52, 1865-66) |
| Birthday August 18, 1834 Marshall Field, founder of a Chicago-based store chain |
| Birthday August 18, 1904 Max FActor Jr |
| Birthday August 18, 1917 Caspar Weinberger, US secretary of defense (1981-87) |
| Birthday August 18, 1922 Shelley Winters, St Louis Mo Actress |
| Birthday August 18, 1927 Rosalynn Carter, 1st lady, Pres Carter's main lust |
| Birthday August 18, 1933 Roman Polanski, director (Knife in the Water, Repulsion) |
| Birthday August 18, 1933 Director Roman Polanski born |
| Birthday August 18, 1934 Roberto Clemente, pro baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) |
| Birthday August 18, 1935 Gail Fisher, in Orange NJ |
| Birthday August 18, 1935 Rafer Johnson, decathelete |
| Birthday August 18, 1937 Robert Redford, Actor (Sting, Natural, Great Gatsby) |
| Birthday August 18, 1943 Martin Mull, Actor-comedian |
| Birthday August 18, 1970 Malcolm-Jamal Warner, (Cosby Show) |
| History August 18, 1227 Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died. |
| History August 18, 1227 Genghis Khan dies |
| History August 18, 1590 Roanoke Colony deserted |
| History August 18, 1780 British win at Fishing Creek, lose at Musgrove’s Mill |
| History August 18, 1795 George Washington signs Jay Treaty with Britain |
| History August 18, 1835 The last of the Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago |
| History August 18, 1846 US forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearney captured Santa Fe NM |
| History August 18, 1853 Cyrus Skinner released from San Quentin |
| History August 18, 1864 Union attacks railroad at Globe Tavern |
| History August 18, 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse |
| History August 18, 1914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality |
| History August 18, 1917 Italians launch the 11th Battle of the Isonzo |
| History August 18, 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment which guarantees the right of all American women to vote. |
| History August 18, 1920 Woman suffrage amendment ratified |
| History August 18, 1931 Yangtze River peaks in China |
| History August 18, 1938 FDR dedicates the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada. |
| History August 18, 1940 Walter P. Chrysler dies |
| History August 18, 1941 Hitler suspends euthanasia program |
| History August 18, 1954 Asst Sec of Labor James Wilkins became 1st black to attend Cabinet |
| History August 18, 1958 Investigation starts of TV Game show scandal |
| History August 18, 1958 Lolita - by Vladimir Nabokov published. |
| History August 18, 1958 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is published |
| History August 18, 1960 1st photograph bounced off a satellite Cedar Rapids Iowa |
| History August 18, 1963 James Meredith became 1st black graduate from U of Mississippi |
| History August 18, 1963 Meredith graduates from Ole Miss |
| History August 18, 1965 Marines launch Operation Starlite |
| History August 18, 1966 Australians defeat VC at Long Tan |
| History August 18, 1968 Communists launch new offensive |
| History August 18, 1971 Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw troops from Vietnam |
| History August 18, 1976 USSR's Luna 24 softlands on the Moon |
| History August 18, 1979 Chic's Good Times hits #1 on the U.S. pop charts |
| History August 18, 1982 1st time NYSE tops 100 million figure 132.69 million shares traded |
| History August 18, 1986 Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness |
| History August 18, 1988 A Seattle judge involved in a sex scandal commits suicide |
| History August 18, 1991 Coup attempt against Gorbachev begins |
| History August 18, 1992 Larry Bird hangs it up |