Notable Historical Events on August 18th
August 18th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
293 |
The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. |
BC AD | |
1201 |
The city of Riga is founded. |
1289 |
Pope Nicolas IV publishes degree "Supra montem" |
1541 |
A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) |
1564 |
Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente |
1587 |
Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend. |
1591 |
Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England to find everyone in the colony had disappeared [or Aug 17, 1590] |
1605 |
Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen |
1634 |
Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. |
1636 |
The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed. |
1674 |
Jean Racine's "Iphigénie" premieres in Versailles |
1686 |
Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus |
1698 |
Russian Tsar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam |
1700 |
Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark |
1735 |
Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) |
1759 |
-19] 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France |
1769 |
Gunpowder in church in Brescia, Italy, explodes, killing 3,000 |
1795 |
Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves |
1817 |
Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore |
1834 |
Mt Vesuvius erupts |
1835 |
Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago |
1838 |
1st US marine expedition |
1840 |
Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) |
1840 |
French colony established in Akaroa, South Island of New Zealand |
1846 |
Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe NM |
1848 |
Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. |
1858 |
Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement |
1862 |
General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured |
1862 |
Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota (it is later crushed) |
1864 |
6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault |
1864 |
Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days |
1868 |
French Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse |
1870 |
Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties |
1872 |
1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward |
1873 |
1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California (14,494') |
1886 |
Carr Baker Neel & Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Association doubles |
1891 |
Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die |
1894 |
Congress creates Bureau of Immigration |
1896 |
Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times |
1904 |
Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid. |
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. |
1914 |
Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km) |
1914 |
-20] Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp |
1914 |
French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg |
1914 |
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality" |
1915 |
Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 |
1917 |
Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) |
1917 |
A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. |
1919 |
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois |
1920 |
1st class cricket debut of Walter Hammond |
1920 |
US ratifies the 19th Amendment to the constitution bringing in women's suffrage |
1923 |
37th US Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Mallory (6-2 6-1) |
1924 |
France begins withdrawing troops from the Ruhr |
1925 |
Belgian & US sign treaty about war debts |
1925 |
Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism/liberalism |
1926 |
England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 |
1926 |
Weather map televised for 1st time |
1930 |
Eastern Airlines begins passenger service |
1931 |
Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game |
1932 |
Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon |
1932 |
Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic |
1934 |
48th US Women's Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (6-1 6-4) |
1934 |
Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 mins, 32 fours 1 six |
1934 |
Ponsford & Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes v Eng |
1936 |
106.5°F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa |
1937 |
1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) |
1938 |
FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada |
1940 |
Battle of Britain - 'The hardest day": Luftwaffe attacks the RAF in largest ever air battle |
1940 |
71 German aircraft shot down above England |
1941 |
German concentration camp Amersfoort opens |
1941 |
Phillies commit 8 errors in a game |
1942 |
Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese |
1943 |
Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd & final game, all with Giants |
1943 |
Final convoy of Jews from Salonika, Greece, arrives at Auschwitz |
1943 |
Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia |
1944 |
Chartres freed by US 3rd Army forces during WWII |
1944 |
Paris rail workers strike against Nazi occupiers |
1944 |
US 15th Army Corps reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris |
1944 |
US 20th Army Corps conquers Chartres |
1945 |
Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds & Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off |
1946 |
Golf Writers Associaton of America forms |
1947 |
Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 |
1949 |
Hungary adopts constitution |
1949 |
Ralph Flanagan & his orchestra records "You're Breaking My Heart" |
1950 |
Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements. |
1951 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth |
1954 |
James E Wilkins is 1st black to attend a US cabinet meeting |
1955 |
-19] Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US |
1955 |
46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) |
1955 |
Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria |
1956 |
Cin Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game |
1956 |
Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1 |
1957 |
Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½") |
1957 |
Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open |
1957 |
Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46 |
1957 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1958 |
"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov published |
1958 |
Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel |
1958 |
Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde |
1958 |
Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title |
1958 |
Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales) |
1958 |
Perez Prado "Mambo King" receives one of the 1st gold records |
1958 |
TV game show scandal investigation starts |
1958 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak |
1958 |
Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ |
1959 |
Branch Rickey resigns as Pirates' CEO to be pres of Continental League |
1960 |
1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie Ill |
1960 |
1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Richardson, Texas |
1960 |
The Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg) |
1960 |
Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies |
1962 |
Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer" |
1963 |
James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from U of Mississippi |
1963 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament |
1964 |
Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit |
1964 |
Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon |
1964 |
South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies |
1964 |
USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites |
1965 |
Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box |
1965 |
Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler) |
1967 |
Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton |
1967 |
Rolling Stones release "We Love You" |
1967 |
WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news |
1968 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic |
1969 |
Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly" |
1969 |
Woodstock Music & Art Fair closes with Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys as the final act |
1971 |
New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announces in Parliament that New Zealand's combat force would be withdrawn from Vietnam before the end of the year, coinciding with a similar announcement by the Australian government |
1972 |
Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney ś800 in Sweden cannabis possession |
1973 |
Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet |
1973 |
Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record |
1974 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA St Paul Keller Golf Open |
1976 |
USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon |
1976 |
In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers. |
1977 |
2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland |
1977 |
Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter |
1978 |
Memphis Tenn settles with striking police officers & firefighters |
1979 |
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds |
1979 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1980 |
KC Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400 |
1981 |
"My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances |
1981 |
Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons |
1981 |
Football running back, Herschel Walker, of U of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million |
1982 |
1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded |
1982 |
LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17) |
1982 |
NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded |
1982 |
Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance |
1982 |
Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) |
1982 |
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation. |
1983 |
Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas |
1983 |
Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel |
1983 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
1983 |
Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out & Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order |
1984 |
Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire |
1985 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf |
1985 |
Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins MasterCard International Pro-Am Golf Tourn |
1985 |
Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby) |
1986 |
Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness |
1986 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia PA on WYSP 94.1 FM |
1986 |
Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years) |
1986 |
John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight |
1986 |
WYSP-FM Philadelphia begins simulcasting Howard Stern Show |
1987 |
Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL |
1987 |
Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24) |
1987 |
Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it |
1987 |
Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47) |
1988 |
FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment |
1988 |
Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million |
1988 |
Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket |
1989 |
Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin |
1989 |
Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager |
1989 |
Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. |
1991 |
Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic |
1991 |
Hurricane Bob hits NC with 115 MPH wind |
1991 |
Pan Am games closes in Havana |
1992 |
"Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion NYC for 61 perfs |
1993 |
Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern Switz, destroyed by fire |
1994 |
5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171 |
1995 |
Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save |
1996 |
Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open |
1996 |
Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in NYC |
2000 |
A Federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act. |
2002 |
84th PGA Championship: Rich Beem shoots a 278 at Hazeltine National Golf Club |
2005 |
Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings. |
2005 |
Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people. |
2008 |
President Of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf resigned due to pressure from opposition. |
2011 |
The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment |
2012 |
Al-Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden, Yemen |
2012 |
NATO air strikes kill at least 13 militants in Afghanistan |
2013 |
6 people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India |
2016 |
Brazil police pull US swimmers from flight in robbery probe |
2016 |
Cisco to cut up to 5500 jobs |
2016 |
China miffed at falling behind Britain in Olympic medals table |
2016 |
Rio Olympics 2016: Abbey D'Agostino completed 5000m heat with torn ACL |
2017 |
At least 80 dead after escalation in Philippines war on drugs |
2017 |
North Korea tells UN chief nuclear program not up for negotiation |
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