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A few events that happened on this day in history     [ 18 August ]

Births


Rebecca Brown     18-Aug-1992
          in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Brody Smith     18-Aug-1989
          in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mika Boorem     18-Aug-1987
          in Tucson, Arizona, USA
Scott Charles     18-Aug-1986
          in Surrey, England, UK
Phillip Spaeth     18-Aug-1986
          in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Justin Groetsch     18-Aug-1983
          in Kenner, Louisiana, USA
Adam Bertocci     18-Aug-1982
          in New York, New York, USA
Elizabeth Chambers     18-Aug-1982
          in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Garrett Droege     18-Aug-1979
          in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Andy Samberg     18-Aug-1978
          in Berkeley, California, USA
Lev Zhurbin     18-Aug-1978
          in Moscow, USSR
Mitsuru Murata     18-Aug-1977
          in Osaka, Japan
Mizuo Peck     18-Aug-1977
          in New York City, New York, USA
Mike Realba     18-Aug-1977
          in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Daphne Duplaix     18-Aug-1976
          in New York City, New York, USA
Daphnee Duplaix Samuel     18-Aug-1976
          in New York, New York, USA
Artine Brown     18-Aug-1974
          in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ben Bayless     18-Aug-1972
          in Provo, Utah, USA
Jacob Vargas     18-Aug-1971
          in Michoacan, Mexico
Brad Yoder     18-Aug-1971
          in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA
Malcolm-Jamal Warner     18-Aug-1970
          in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Edward Norton     18-Aug-1969
          in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Christian Slater     18-Aug-1969
          in New York, New York, USA
Greta Lind     18-Aug-1968
          in Goshen, Indiana, USA
Brian Michael Bendis     18-Aug-1967
          in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Julie K Smith     18-Aug-1967
          in Nuremberg, West Germany
Peter Tomasi     18-Aug-1967
          in New York City, New York, USA
Sarita Choudhury     18-Aug-1966
          in London, England, UK
Lars Rudolph     18-Aug-1966
          in Wittmund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Stefanie Voigt     18-Aug-1966
          in Germany
Skip Dietz     18-Aug-1965
Ohtani Ikue     18-Aug-1965
          in Tokyo, Japan
Ikue Ohtani     18-Aug-1965
          in Tokyo, Japan
Matthew Anton     18-Aug-1964
Craig Bierko     18-Aug-1964
          in Rye Brook, New York, USA
Kenji Yamaki     18-Aug-1964
          in Japan
Heino Ferch     18-Aug-1963
          in Bremerhaven, Germany
Chris Petersen     18-Aug-1963
          in Los Angeles County, California, USA
Claudio Maniscalco     18-Aug-1962
          in Mölln, Germany
Adam Storke     18-Aug-1962
          in New York, New York, USA
Glenn Plummer     18-Aug-1961
          in Richmond, California, USA
Birol Ünel     18-Aug-1961
          in Silifke, Turkey
James Fry     18-Aug-1960
          in USA
June Angela     18-Aug-1959
          in New York, New York, USA
Reg E Cathey     18-Aug-1958
          in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Madeleine Stowe     18-Aug-1958
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Daniel Anderson     18-Aug-1957
          in Santa Monica, California, USA
Carole Bouquet     18-Aug-1957
          in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Diana Castle     18-Aug-1957
          in New York, New York, USA
Denis Leary     18-Aug-1957
          in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Jon Schwartz     18-Aug-1956
          in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kozo Shioya     18-Aug-1955
          in Kagoshima, Japan
Kôzô Shioya     18-Aug-1955
          in Kagoshima, Japan
Russell Blackford     18-Aug-1954
          in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Taylor Miller     18-Aug-1954
          in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Bruce Solotoff     18-Aug-1954
          in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Sergio Castellitto     18-Aug-1953
          in Rome, Italy
Elayne Boosler     18-Aug-1952
          in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Patrick Swayze     18-Aug-1952
          in Houston, Texas, USA
Ken Butler     18-Aug-1951
          in New York City, New York, USA
Ellen March     18-Aug-1948
          in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nona Hendryx     18-Aug-1945
          in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Pamela Rodgers     18-Aug-1944
          in Pasdena, California, USA
Martin Mull     18-Aug-1943
          in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Henry G Sanders     18-Aug-1942
          in Houston, Texas, USA
Barry Justice     18-Aug-1940
          in Lucknow, India
Roy Boyd     18-Aug-1938
          in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Robert Redford     18-Aug-1936
          in Santa Monica, California, USA
Gail Fisher     18-Aug-1935
          in Orange, New Jersey, USA
Rafer Johnson     18-Aug-1935
          in Hillsboro, Texas, USA
Al Rossi     18-Aug-1935
          in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Roberto Clemente     18-Aug-1934
          in Carolina, Puerto Rico
Roman Polanski     18-Aug-1933
          in Paris, France
Grant Williams     18-Aug-1930
          in New York, New York, USA
Joan Taylor     18-Aug-1929
          in Geneva, Illinois, USA
Rosalynn Carter     18-Aug-1927
          in Plains, Georgia, USA
Brian Aldiss     18-Aug-1925
          in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, UK
Fred Scheiwiller     18-Aug-1922
          in West New York, New Jersey, USA
Jimmy Witherspoon     18-Aug-1921
          in Gurdon, Arkansas, USA
Shelley Winters     18-Aug-1920
          in East St. Louis, Illinois, USA
Don Keefer     18-Aug-1916
          in Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA
Kurt Meisel     18-Aug-1912
          in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
Emile Meyer     18-Aug-1910
          in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Louis Cazeneuve     18-Aug-1908
          in Argentina
Andre Van Gyseghem     18-Aug-1906
          in Eltham, London, England, UK
Alan Mowbray     18-Aug-1896
          in London, England, UK
Ruth Robinson     18-Aug-1887
          in Kansas, USA

Deaths


Joseph L Galloway     18-Aug-2021
          in Concord, North Carolina, USA
Hal Frank     18-Aug-2005
Hugh Manning     18-Aug-2004
          in London, England, UK
Dean Riesner     18-Aug-2002
          in Encino, California, USA
Tom Watson     18-Aug-2001
          in St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Ed Cambridge     18-Aug-2001
          in New York, New York, USA
Persis Khambatta     18-Aug-1998
          in Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Don Knight     18-Aug-1997
          in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
Donald Bisset     18-Aug-1995
          in London, England, UK
James Maxwell     18-Aug-1995
          in London, England, UK
John Sturges     18-Aug-1992
          in San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Barbara Leake     18-Aug-1991
David Gale     18-Aug-1991
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Ray Turner     18-Aug-1981
          in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Koza     18-Aug-1981
David Orrick McDearmon     18-Aug-1979
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Nicky Page     18-Aug-1978
          in San Francisco, California, USA.
Frank Mills     18-Aug-1973
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Ralph Byrd     18-Aug-1952
          in Tarzana, California, USA
E R Eddison     18-Aug-1945

Books published / printed

The Bodysnatchers (18-Aug-1997)
[ United Kingdom ]
The Broken Eye (18-Aug-2015)
[ United States Trade Paperback ]
Doctor Who - Earthshock (18-Aug-1983)
[ United Kingdom Mass Market Paperback ]
Doctor Who - The Wheel in Space (18-Aug-1988)
[ United Kingdom ]
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (18-Aug-1977)
[ United Kingdom ]
Strange England (18-Aug-1994)
[ United Kingdom ]
Timeframe - The Illustrated History (18-Aug-1994)
[ United Kingdom ]
The Ultimate Treasure (18-Aug-1997)
[ United Kingdom Mass Market Paperback ]
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 4 (18-Aug-2013)
[ United States Audiobook ]

Albums released

The Who 18-Aug-1978 Who Are You

Shows released

18-Aug-2007 Vexille
18-Aug-2006 Little Miss Sunshine
18-Aug-2006 Accepted
18-Aug-2005 Cello
18-Aug-2000 The Cell
18-Aug-1998 Femalien II
18-Aug-1989 Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

Stamps issued

Argentina 18-Aug-1978 130$L José Francisco de San Martín (1778-1850)
Australia 18-Aug-1960 5d 50th Anniversary of Girl Guide Movement
Austria 18-Aug-1910 10 Emperor Franz Joseph (1830-1916)
Czechoslovakia 18-Aug-1945 50h Staff captain Alois Vašátko (1908-1942)
Czechoslovakia 18-Aug-1945 1Kčs Staff captain Pravoslav Řídký (1907-1943)
Czechoslovakia 18-Aug-1945 1.50Kčs Major Dr. Miroslav Novák (1906-1944)
Czechoslovakia 18-Aug-1945 5h Staff captain Pravoslav Řídký (1907-1943)
Ecuador 18-Aug-1960 0.40S/. Pangua
Ecuador 18-Aug-1960 2S/. Armato Railway Bridge
Germany 18-Aug-1972 40pf Kurt Schumacher (1895-1952), social democratic politician
Germany 18-Aug-1972 40pf Posthorn, Memorandum for the Museum of Heinrich von Stephan
United States 18-Aug-1932 James A Garfield
United States 18-Aug-1937 Virginia Dare and Parents
United States 18-Aug-1938 William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), 9th President of the USA
United States 18-Aug-1976 13¢ Clara Maass (1876-1901) and Newark German Hospital Pin
United States 18-Aug-2012 (45)¢ War of 1812 USS Constitution







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