August 18

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 - Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition lands at what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina
• 1590 - Colony of Roanoke deserted
• 1835 - Potawatomi[?] Indians leave Chicago
• 1920 - 19th Amendment to US constitution passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage
• 1937 - Toyota Motor Company, Ltd. founded
• 1963 - James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi
• 1976 - 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
• 1982 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy
• 1991 - Communist coup attempt against Boris Yeltsin

Births

• 1587 - Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America (+ 1588)
• 1750 - Antonio Salieri, composer (+ 1825)
• 1774 - Meriwether Lewis, explorer (+ 1809)
• 1830 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (+ 1916)
• 1896 - Jack Pickford, actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy", (+ 1933)
• 1904 - Max Factor[?], cosmetics entrepreneur (+ 1996)
• 1917 - Caspar Weinberger, former United States Secretary of Defense
• 1922 - Shelley Winters, actress
• 1925 - Brian Aldiss, writer
• 1927 - Rosalynn Carter, First Lady
• 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[?], Olympic Games gold medalist
• 1937 - Robert Redford, actor, director
• 1943 - Martin Mull[?], comedian, actor
• 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
• 1850 - Honoré de Balzac, writer
• 1940 - Walter P. Chrysler[?], automobile mogul
• 1963 - Clifford Odets[?], playwright
• 1977 - Groucho Marx, actor

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.

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