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August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years ) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 135 days remaining.
Events
293 BC - Oldest known Roman temple to Venus founded, institution of Vinalia Rustica begins. 1587 - Virginia Dare , granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke , becomes the first English child born in the Americas . 1590 - John White , the governor of the Colony of Roanoke , returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. 1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Weldon Railroad - Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia , by attacking the Weldon Railroad forcing the Confederates to use wagons. 1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Phobos . 1903 - German engineer Karl Jatho flew with his self-made motored gliding airplane , four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers . 1920 - suffrage . 1938 - The United States with Canada , is dedicated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt . 1941 - Holocaust: Adolf Hitler orders an end to the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped persons due to protests within Germany . 1958 - Vladimir Nabokov 's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. 1963 - American civil rights movement : James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi . 1965 - Vietnam War : Operation Starlite begins - 5,500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quang Ngai Province in the first major American ground battle of the war. The Marines were tipped-off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the US base at Chu Lai. 1971 - Vietnam War : Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam . 1976 - In North Korea at Panmunjom, two US soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the DMZ which had obscured their view. 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars). 1989 - Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia . 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union : Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is put under house arrest while he was vacationing in the Crimea . The coup was led by eight high-ranking hard-liners (the coup would collapse in less than 72 hours). 1992 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy. 1992 - NBA basketball player Larry Bird announces his retirement after winning an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Dream Team .
Births 1587 - Virginia Dare , first English child born in North America (d. 1588 ) 1750 - Antonio Salieri , composer (d. 1825 ) 1774 - Meriwether Lewis , explorer (d. 1809 ) 1830 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916 ) 1896 - Jack Pickford , actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy", (d. 1933 ) 1904 - Max Factor , cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996 ) 1917 - Caspar Weinberger , former United States Secretary of Defense 1918 - Walter Joseph Hickel , former Governor of Alaska , former US Secretary of the Interior 1922 - Shelley Winters , actress 1925 - Brian Aldiss , writer 1927 - Rosalynn Carter , First Lady 1928 - Marge Schott , former owner of MLB 's Cincinnati Reds 1932 - William R. Bennett , Premier of British Columbia 1933 - Roman Polanski , director, actor 1934 - Vincent Bugliosi , prosecuting attorney in the Charles Manson case 1934 - Roberto Clemente , baseball Hall of Famer 1935 - Rafer Johnson , American decathlete 1935 - Sir Howard Morrison , New Zealand entertainer 1937 - Robert Redford , actor, director 1943 - Martin Mull , comedian, actor 1943 - Carl Wayne , singer (d. 2004 ) 1945 - Barbara Harris , singer, formerly of the group the Toys 1952 - Elayne Boosler, comedienne 1952 - Patrick Swayze , actor 1953 - Louie Gohmert , American politician 1957 - Carole Bouquet , French actress 1957 - Denis Leary , comedian, actor 1958 - Madeleine Stowe , actress 1969 - Edward Norton , actor 1969 - Christian Slater , actor 1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner , actor 1989 - Kristen George ,Great Arkansan 1992 - Frances Cobain , Daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
Deaths 472 - Ricimer , Roman general 1227 - Genghis Khan , Mongol leader 1276 - Pope Adrian V 1503 - Pope Alexander VI 1559 - Pope Paul IV 1809 - Matthew Boulton , pioneering industrialist and member of the Lunar Society 1815 - Chauncey Goodrich , U.S. Senator from Connecticut (b. 1759) 1850 - Honoré de Balzac, writer 1940 - Walter P. Chrysler , automobile mogul 1949 - Paul Mares , jazz musician (b. 1900 ) 1963 - Clifford Odets , playwright 1981 - Anita Loos , American screenwriter, playwright and author 1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner , art historian 1990 - Grethe Ingmann , Danish singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner 1998 - Persis Khambatta , actress 2004 - Elmer Bernstein , film composer
Holidays and observances August 17 - August 19 - July 18 - September 18 -- listing of all days
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August 18 natives are likely to maintain close ties to their family, especially to a parent or other authority figure.
August 18 natives have a genuine love for good food, which is surpassed only by their love of physical activity.
August 18 natives believe in themselves and know that they have the grit and determination to make their mark.
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