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This Date in History - August 18th
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* 293 BC The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.
* 1201 The city of Riga is founded.
* 1541 A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
* 1572 Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
* 1587 Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor 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.
* 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.
* 1838 The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
* 1848 Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
* 1862 Minnesota trader Andrew Myrick is killed and has his mouth stuffed with grass.
* 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
* 1868 French astronomer Pierre Jules Cιsar Janssen discovers helium.
* 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
* 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
* 1891 Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
* 1903 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
* 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.
* 1917 A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
* 1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
* 1938 The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
* 1941 Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.
* 1950 Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
* 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 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
* 1966 Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong.
* 1969 Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of the Woodstock festival.
* 1971 Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
* 1976 In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
* 1977 Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
* 1982 Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
* 1983 Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
* 1989 Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galαn is assassinated near Bogotα in Colombia.
* 1992 Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
* 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.
* 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.
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This Date in History - August 18th
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* 293 BC The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.
* 1201 The city of Riga is founded.
* 1541 A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
* 1572 Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
* 1587 Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor 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.
* 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.
* 1838 The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
* 1848 Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
* 1862 Minnesota trader Andrew Myrick is killed and has his mouth stuffed with grass.
* 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
* 1868 French astronomer Pierre Jules Cιsar Janssen discovers helium.
* 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
* 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
* 1891 Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
* 1903 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
* 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.
* 1917 A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
* 1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
* 1938 The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
* 1941 Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.
* 1950 Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
* 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 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
* 1966 Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong.
* 1969 Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of the Woodstock festival.
* 1971 Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
* 1976 In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
* 1977 Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
* 1982 Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
* 1983 Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
* 1989 Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galαn is assassinated near Bogotα in Colombia.
* 1992 Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
* 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.
* 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.
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