August 18

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 135 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

5 Recorded this date

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.
1920 - 19th Amendment to US constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
1938 - The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting 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 will collapse in less than 72 hours).
1992 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.

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 - Roberto Clemente, baseball Hall of Famer
1934 - Vincent Bugliosi, prosecuting attorney in the Charles Manson case
1935 - Rafer Johnson, American decathlete
1937 - Robert Redford, actor, director
1943 - Martin Mull, comedian, actor
1945 - Barbara Harris, singer, formerly of the group the Toys
1952 - Patrick Swayze, actor
1952 - Elayne Boosler, comedienne
1957 - Denis Leary, comedian, actor
1958 - Madeleine Stowe, actress
1969 - Christian Slater, actor
1969 - Edward Norton, actor
1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, actor

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
1850 - Honoré de Balzac, writer
1940 - Walter P. Chrysler, automobile mogul
1949 - Paul Mares, jazz musician (b. 1900)
1963 - Clifford Odets, playwright
1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner, art historian

Holidays and observances

Roman Empire - Vinalia Rustica celebrated in honor of Venus commemorating the founding of the oldest known temple to her in 293 BC on this date.

Recorded this date

1897 "Happy Days In Dixie" (m. Kerry Mills)
- Sousa's Band
1897 "Orange Blossoms" (m. Arthur Pryor)
- Sousa's Band
1897 "Stars And Stripes Forever" (m. John Philip Sousa)
- Sousa's Band
1917 "Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay" (w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert Van Alstyne)
- Prince's Band
1917 "I'd Love To Be A Monkey In The Zoo" (w. Bert Hanlon m. Willie White)
- Anna Wheaton
1921 "Wang Wang Blues" (w. Leo Wood m. Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson & Henry Busse)
- Ted Lewis & his Band
1926 "When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" (w.m. Harry Woods)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1926 "Ya Gotta Know How To Love" (w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
1927 "The Varsity Drag" (w. B. G. de Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
- Fran Frey with George Olsen & his Music
1927 "Lucky In Love" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
- Fran Frey, Bob Borger & Bob Rice with George Olsen & his Music
1927 "The Best Things In Life Are Free" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
- Bob Borger with George Olsen
1927 "Good News" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
- Fran Frey, Bob Borger & Bob Rice with George Olsen
1928 "King For A Day" (w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted FioRito)
- Harry Richman
1931 "Cherie, c'est vous" (Noel Gay, Joseph George Gilbert)
- Al Bowlly with Roy Fox & his Band
1931 "You Are My Heart's Delight" (w. Harry Graham m. Franz Lehar)
- Al Bowlly with Roy Fox & his Band
1931 "I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind" (w. Joe Young m. Harry Akst)
- Elmer Feldkamp with Bert Lown & his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
1932 "Rockin' Chair" (w.m. Hoagy Carmichael)
- Mildred Bailey with O/Matt Malneck
1932 "Love Me Tonight" (w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers)
- Annette Hanshaw
1933 "Everything I Have Is Yours" (w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane)
- Joe Morrison with George Olsen
1934 "Here Come The British" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Bernard Hanighen)
- Johnny Mercer, Peggy Healy & John Hauser with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
1934 "Pardon My Southern Accent" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Matty Malneck)
- Johnny Mercer & Peggy Healy with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
1934 "I Saw Stars" (w.m. Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart & Al Hoffman)
- Peggy Healy with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
1936 "Everybody Dance" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
- Sam Costa with Jack Harris & his Orchestra
1936 "To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" (w.m. Harry Owens)
- Louis Armstrong, George Archer, Harry Baty & Andy Iona with The Polynesians
1937 "Mighty Like The Blues" (w.m. Leonard Feather)
- Benny Carter & his Orchestra
1937 "Somebody Loves Me" (w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin)
- Benny Carter & his Orchestra
1939 "My Prayer" (w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy)
- Ray Eberle with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
1939 "The Girl Who Loves A Soldier" (Ralph Butler, Noel Gay)
- Alan Breeze with Billy Cotton & his Band
1941 "Tonight We Love" (w. Bobby Worth m. Freddy Martin & Ray Austin)
- Tony Martin with O/David Rose
1941 "Amour" (w. Marguerite James & Ricardo Lopez-Mendez m. Gabriel Ruiz)
- Anita O'Day & Howard Dulany with Gene Krupa & his Orchestra
1941 "Stop! The Red Light's On" (T. Miller)
- Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa & his Orchestra
1944 "I Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget" (w.m. Joe Davis)
- Helen Forrest with O/Victor Young
1944 "Strange As It Seems" (w. Felix Mills m. Allie Wrubel)
- Helen Forrest with O/Victor Young
1947 "I'm My Own Grandpaw" (w.m. Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe)
- Lonzo & Oscar
1948 "By The Way" (w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow)
- Jo Stafford
1949 "Auld Lang Syne" (w. adapted Robert Burns m. trad)
- Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra
1949 "You're So Understanding" (w.m. Bernie Wayne & Ben Raleigh)
- Harry Prime with Ralph Flanagan & his Orchestra
1949 "It All Depends On You" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
- Harry Prime with Ralph Flanagan & his Orchestra
1949 "You're Breaking My Heart" (w.m. Pat Genaro & Sunny Skylar)
- Harry Prime with Ralph Flanagan & his Orchestra
1949 "The Wedding Of Lili Marlene" (w.m. Tommie Connor & Johnny Reine)
- Harry Prime with Ralph Flanagan & his Orchestra
1950 "Tamburitza Boogie" ()
- Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
1952 "Somebody Loves Me" (w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin)
- Four Lads with O/Mitch Miller
1955 "Scarlet Ribbons" (w. Jack Segal m. Evelyn Danzig)
- Harry Belafonte with O/Tony Scott
1955 "Adelaide" (w.m. Frank Loesser)
- Sammy Davis Jnr with O/Jack Pleis
1955 "I'll Know" (w.m. Frank Loesser)
- Sammy Davis Jnr with O/Jack Pleis
1958 "Non Dimenticar" (w.(Eng) Shelley Dobbins (Ital) Michele Galdieri m. P. G. Redi)
- Nat King Cole with O/Nelson Riddle
1960 "Lazy River" (w.m. Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin)
- Bobby Darin with O/Richard Behrke
1960 "Artificial Flowers" (w. Sheldon Harnick m. Jerry Bock)
- Bobby Darin with O/Richard Behrke
1969 "Goin' Out Of My Head" (w.m. Teddy Randazzo & Bobby Weinstein)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Don Costa
1969 "Forget To Remember" (Victoria Pike, Teddy Randazzo)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Don Costa
1975 "The Saddest Thing Of All" (Michel LeGrand, Pierre Leroyer, Eduard Ruault, Carl Sigman)
- Frank Sinatra with O/Gordon Jenkins

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