On This Day

[Mandy]

Events

* 48 BC -Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
* 378 - Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople - A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with ⅔ of his army.
* 681 - Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
* 1048 - Pope Damasus II dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days.
* 1173 - Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
* 1483 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel
* 1810 - Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
* 1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
* 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats UnionJohn Pope. forces under General
* 1877 - Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole - A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
* 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
* 1902 - Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom.
* 1907 - The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in Southern England.
* 1930 - Betty Boop premiered in her first cartoon, Dizzy Dishes.
* 1936 - Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owensgold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympic Games. wins his fourth
* 1942 - Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by BritishQuit India Movement. forces, launching the
* 1942 - World War II: Battle of Savo Island - Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of GuadalcanalImperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. are surprised and defeated by an
* 1944 - The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
* 1945 - World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly.
* 1965 - Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence.
* 1965 - Space disasters: A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
* 1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles.
* 1974 - As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
* 1983 - Peter Jennings hosts his first broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight as sole anchor.
* 1986 - The Headington Shark is erected in Oxford.
* 1986 - Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK sees the final live performance of rock band Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury.
* 1987 - 9 people are shot dead and 17 more injured as 19-year old Julian Knight opens fire at random in the Hoddle Street Massacre in Clifton Hill
* 1988 - Baseball's all-day-game era officially came to an end when the Cubs beat the Mets 6-4 in Wrigley Field's first night game.
* 1993 - The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
* 1993 - King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office.
* 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
* 1999 - The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem.
* 2001 - US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.
* 2001 - In Jerusalem, 15 people die and 130 are wounded in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing.
* 2005 - A chemical plant explosion happened at the EQ Recovery Plant in Romulus, Michigan, forcing residents within 1 to 1⅓ mile radius from the plant to evacuate.

Births

* 1201 - Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
* 1593 - Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
* 1631 - John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
* 1648 - Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
* 1653 - John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
* 1674 - František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
* 1722 - Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758)
* 1726 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)
* 1757 - Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)
* 1776 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856)
* 1797 - Charles Robert Malden, British. naval officer (d. 1855)
* 1805 - Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860)
* 1809 - William Barret Travis, commander at Battle of the Alamo
* 1845 - André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
* 1847 - Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna, queen consort of Spain (d. 1876)
* 1871 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (d. 1919)
* 1872 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
* 1874 - Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
* 1875 - Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1959)
* 1896 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (d. 1980)
* 1896 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
* 1896 - Erich Hückel, German physicist (d. 1980)
* 1899 - P. L. Travers, Australian author (d. 1996)
* 1901 - Charles Farrell, American actor (d. 1990)
* 1902 - Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
* 1909 - Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat opposing the Nazi regime (executed) (d. 1944)
* 1911 - William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1996)
* 1911 - Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001)
* 1914 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author, the creator of the Moomins (d. 2001)
* 1914 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963)
* 1914 - Joe Mercer, English footballer (d. 1990)
* 1919 - Joop den Uyl, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987)
* 1919 - Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager
* 1920 - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer
* 1921 - J. James Exon, American politician, 36th Governor of Nebraska & United States Senator from Nebraska
* 1921 - Ernest Angley, televangelist
* 1922 - Philip Larkin, English poet (d. 1985)
* 1925 - David A. Huffman, creator of Huffman coding (d. 1999)
* 1927 - Daniel Keyes, American author
* 1927 - Robert Shaw, English actor (d. 1978)
* 1928 - Bob Cousy, American. basketball player
* 1930 - Jacques Parizeau, Quebec economist and politician
* 1931 - Mário Zagallo, Brazilian football coach and player
* 1931 - Chuck Essegian, American baseball player
* 1932 - John Gomery, Canadian jurist
* 1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author
* 1936 - Julián Javier, American baseball player
* 1936 - Patrick Tse Yin, Hong Kong film director
* 1938 - Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician
* 1938 - Rod Laver, Australian tennis player

* 1939 - Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy, former President of the European Commission

* 1939 - Brito, Brazilian footballer
* 1940 - Beverlee McKinsey, American actress
* 1942 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
* 1943 - Ken Norton, American boxer
* 1944 - Sam Elliott, American actor
* 1945 - Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist
* 1946 - Jim Kiick, American football player
* 1947 - Barbara Mason, American soul singer
* 1948 - Bill Campbell, baseball player
* 1949 - Jonathan Kellerman, American writer
* 1952 - Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
* 1957 - Melanie Griffith, American actress
* 1959 - Kurtis Blow, American rapper
* 1959 - Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
* 1961 - Brad Gilbert, American tennis player
* 1961 - John Key, Leader of the New Zealand National Party
* 1961 - Amy Stiller, American actress
* 1962 - Kevin Mack, American football player
* 1962 - Louis Lipps, American football player
* 1963 - Whitney Houston, American diva and actress
* 1964 - Brett Hull, Canadian-born hockey player
* 1967 - Deion Sanders, American football player
* 1968 - Gillian Anderson, American actress
* 1968 - Eric Bana, Australian actor
* 1968 - Karyn Parsons, American actress
* 1968 - Sam Fogarino,drummer for New York City-based band Interpol
* 1969 - Troy Percival, baseball player
* 1970 - Rod Brind'Amour, hockey player
* 1970 - Chris Cuomo, American TV journalist
* 1970 - Thomas Lennon, American actor
* 1970 - Arion Salazar, American musician (Third Eye Blind)
* 1971 - Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
* 1971 - Mack 10, American rapper
* 1971 - James Kim, technology reporter (d. 2006)
* 1972 - Juanes, Colombian singer
* 1972 - A-Mei, Taiwanese singer
* 1973 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor
* 1973 - Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer
* 1974 - Mahesh Babu, Indian film actor
* 1974 - Matt Morris, baseball player
* 1975 - Robbie Middleby, Australian soccer player
* 1976 - Jessica Capshaw, American actress
* 1976 - Rhona Mitra, English actress
* 1977 - Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
* 1977 - Mikael Silvestre, French footballer
* 1977 - Adewale Ogunleye, American football player
* 1977 - Jason Frasor, American baseball player
* 1978 - Audrey Tautou, French actress
* 1978 - Michael Scofield, Fox River Eight Fugitive
* 1980 - Ryu Seung-beom, South Korean actor
* 1982 - Danieal Manning, American football player
* 1983 - Ashley Johnson, American actress
* 1985 - Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
* 1985 - Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver
* 1985 - JaMarcus Russell, American football player
* 1986 - Vanessa Morley, American actress
* 1989 - Stefano Okaka Chuka, Italian footballer
* 1990 - Adelaide Kane, Australian actress


Deaths

* 117 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (b. 53)
* 378 - Valens, Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 328)
* 803 - Byzantine Empress Irene
* 1107 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
* 1173 - Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin
* 1250 - King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)
* 1534 - Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)
* 1601 - Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)
* 1634 - William Noy, English jurist (b. 1577)
* 1720 - Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)
* 1744 - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)
* 1816 - Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
* 1837 - Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)
* 1886 - Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)
* 1919 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)
* 1942 - Edith Stein, (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (executed) (b. 1891)
* 1945 - Harry Hillman, American athlete (b. 1881)
* 1945 - Robert Hampton Gray, last Canadian Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
* 1957 - Carl Clauberg, Nazi doctor (b. 1898)
* 1962 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1877)
* 1967 - Joe Orton, English writer (b. 1933)
* 1969 - Abigail Folger, American heiress (murdered) (b. 1943)
* 1969 - Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936)
* 1969 - Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
* 1969 - Jay Sebring, American hair stylist (murdered) (b. 1933)
* 1969 - Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (b. 1943)
* 1969 - Steven Parent, American student (murdered) (b. 1951)
* 1974 - Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
* 1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
* 1979 - Walter O'Malley, baseball executive (b. 1903)
* 1985 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player (b. 1927)
* 1988 - Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
* 1990 - Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
* 1995 - Jerry Garcia, American musician (Grateful Dead) (b. 1942)
* 1996 - Sir Frank Whittle, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)
* 1999 - Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910)
* 2000 - John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1920)
* 2000 - Nicholas Markowitz-kidnapped and murder by Jesse James Hollywood1984) (b.
* 2002 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (b. 1953)
* 2002 - Peter Neville, anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist
* 2003 - Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
* 2003 - Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (b. 1946)
* 2003 - Jacques Deray, French film director (b. 1929)
* 2004 - Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
* 2004 - David Raksin, American film director (b. 1912)
* 2005 - Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
* 2005 - Judith Rossner, American novelist (b. 1935)
* 2006 - James van Allen, American physicist (b. 1914)
* 2006 - Philip E. High, science fiction author (b. 1914)

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عام 1918- اعمال شغب في اليابان اطلق عليها اسم "اضطرابات الارز" سببها المجاعة في البلاد
عام 1918- الحرب العالمية الاولى: بدء هجوم اميان البريطاني الذي اجبر الالمان على التراجع
عام 1925- المنظمة السرية الاميركية "كو كلوكس كلان" تنظم اول مؤتمر وطني يمشاركة مئتي الف عضو في واشنطن, لكن السلطات منعت اعضاءها من وضع الاقنعة البيضاء على رؤوسهم كرمز لنضالهم ضد السود والاقليات العرقية والدينية
عام 1927- تدشين جسر السلام فوق شلالات نياغارا الذي يربط بين مدينتي بوفالو الاميركية وفورت ايريه الكندية
عام 1937- ولادة الممثل الاميركي داستن هوفمان
عام 1940- الحرب العالمية الثانية: الحكومة البريطانية تبرم اتفاق تعاون مع حكومة فرنسا الحرة بقيادة الجنرال شارل ديغول
عام 1949- ستراسبورغ تصبح مقر مجلس اوروبا
عام 1953- الاتحاد السوفياتي يعلن انه يملك قنبلة هيدروجينية ويجري اختبارا لتفجيرها في 12 آب/اغسطس
عام 1955- انعقاد اول مؤتمر حول الطاقة النووية في جنيف يحضور خبراء من 72 دولة
عام 1956- اليابان تطلق اكبر ناقلة نفط في العالم وزنها 84730 طنا وطولها 234 مترا
عام 1965- حرب ثانية بين الهند وباكستان حول كشمير بعد دخول القوات الهندية الاراضي الباكستانية توقفت في 22 ايلول/سبتمبر بوساطة سوفياتية
عام 1973- استقالة الرئيس الاميركي ريتشارد نيكسون بسبب فضيحة ووترغيت
عام 1974- السلطات الاسرائيلية تعتقل المطران هيلاريون كبوجي اسقف القدس للكاثوليك بتهمة نقل اسلحة ومتفجرات لحساب حركة فتح
عام 1979- اعدام 21 سياسيا في العراق بتهمة التآمر على الحكومة
عام 1990- الغزو العراقي للكويت: مجلس قيادة الثورة في العراق يعلن "اندماجا كاملا لا رجعة عنه" بين العراق والكويت
عام 1991- اغتيال رئيس الوزراء الايراني السابق شهبور بختيار
عام 1994- مواجهات في منطقة قزوين بين متظاهرين والقوات الايرانية بسبب رفض مجلس الشورى الموافقة على فصلها عن زانجان لتتبع طهران
عام 2005- ايران تعلن استئناف نشاطات نووية حساسة في اصفهان (وسط) معلقة منذ تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2004 بموجب اتفاق مع الاتحاد الاوروبي, مما يؤدي الى وقف المفاوضات مع الترويكا الاوروبية (المانيا وفرنسا وبريطانيا

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حدث في مثل هذا اليوم 15 اب

عام 1932- محطة التلفزيون الاميركية "سي بي اس" تبدأ بثها
عام 1935- وفاة الرسام الفرنسي بول سينياك احد مؤسسي المدرسة الانطباعية الحديثة (ولد في 1863
عام 1945- هاري ترومان وكليمنت اتلي وجوزف ستالين يعلنون انتهاء الحرب العالمية الثانية بعد استسلام اليابان
عام 1947- نائب الملك في الهند اللورد لويس ماونتباتن يعلن استقلال اتحاد الهند وباكستان
عام 1948- استقلال كوريا الجنوبية
عام 1955- انتخاب شكري القوتلي رئيسا للجمهورية في سوريا
عام 1967- وفاة الرسام البلجيكي رينيه ماغريت (ولد في 1898
عام 1975- اغتيال رئيس بنغلادش مجيب الرحمن
عام 1979- واشنطن تجبر سفيرها في الامم المتحدة اندرو يونغ على الاستقالة بعد لقائه مع ممثل لمنظمة التحرير الفلسطينية في نيويورك في 26 تموز/يوليو
عام 1990- العراق يوافق على شروط ايران لانهاء الحرب ويعترف مجددا باتفاق الجزائر (1975) الذي كان الغاؤه السبب في الحرب (1980-1988)
عام 1998- ايرانيون يزورون للمرة الاولى منذ 18 عاما العتبات الشيعية المقدسة في العراق
عام 2005 - بموجب خطة لارييل شارون, المستوطنون الاسرائيليون يخلون 21 مستوطنة يهودية في قطاع غزة واربع مستوطنات اخرى معزولة في الضفة الغربية

[Medusa]

17 August:
Events:
1717 - George Boone, the grandfather of pioneer Daniel Boone sails to America from Bradninch, England
1807 - Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1862 - Indian Wars: The Lakota (Sioux) Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as desperate Lakota attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
1863 - American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville - Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
1883 - The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Quisqueyanos valientes.
1914 - World War I: Battle of Stalluponen - The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Pavel Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
1915 - Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia.
1918 - Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1933 - New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig played his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking Everett Scott's record. He would continue the streak until 1939.
1942 - U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
1943 - World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
1943 - World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrive in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1943 - World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1945 - Indonesian Declaration of Independence.
1953 - Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
1959 - Quake Lake: Quake Lake was formed by a 7.5 rated earthquake in Montana.
1960 - Gabon gains independence from France.
1962 - East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming the first victim of the wall.
1963 - A ferry linking remote islands off the coast of Okinawa sinks, killing 112.
1969 - Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damage.
1970 - Venera Program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1977 - Elvis left the building for good—found dead in his bathroom at Graceland.
1978 - Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
1979 - Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156
1980 - Azaria Chamberlain disappears, likely taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history.
1988 - Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1991 - Wade Frankum starts his killing spree in Strathfield, Australia, an event that was later dubbed the Strathfield Massacre.
1998 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about his relationship.
1999 - A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
2002 - Soham murders: The bodies of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are found 13 days after their disapperence at the perimeter fence of RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
2004 - MD5 collision found by Chinese researchers.
2004 - The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
2005 - The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.

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Births
1473 - Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)
1562 - Hans Leo Hassler (baptized), German composer (d. 1612)
1578 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1601 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
1629 - King John III of Poland (d. 1696)
1768 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1786 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
1794 - Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849)
1828 - Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1844 - Menelek II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
1863 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)
1866 - Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1866 - Julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950)
1873 - John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (d. 1974)
1887 - Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
1887 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1888 - Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963)
1890 - Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1890 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
1893 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
1896 - Leslie Groves, American military engineer (d. 1970)
1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
1904 - Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
1909 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995)
1913 - W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
1913 - Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
1913 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
1914 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988)
1919 - Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1920 - Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress
1926 - Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
1926 - George Melly, British jazz & blues singer (d. 2007)
1926 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot (d. 1977)
1930 - Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
1930 - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
1933 - Eugene F. Kranz, American space exploration executive
1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
1935 - Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor
1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
1939 - Luther Allison, American musician
1941 - Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
1941 - Boog Powell, American baseball player
1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
1944 - Lawrence Joseph Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
1947 - Gary Talley, American guitarist (Box Tops)
1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
1949 - Sib Hashian, American drummer (Boston)
1951 - Alan Minter, British boxer
1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1953 - Judith Regan, American book publisher
1953 - Kevin Rowland, Irish musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist
1955 - Richard Hilton, American heir
1956 - Gail Berman, American film executive
1957 - Robin Cousins, British figure skater
1958 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer
1958 - Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
1959 - David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician Guns N' Roses
1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician
1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
1966 - Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Ed McCaffrey, American football player
1969 - Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer
1970 - Jim Courier, American tennis player
1970 - Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
1970 - Oyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
1971 - Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1972 - Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
1974 - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese drummer (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1975 - Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
1976 - Scott Halberstadt, American actor
1977 - Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977 - Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
1977 - William Gallas, French footballer
1978 - Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
1979 - Antwaan Randle El, American football player
1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor
1980 - Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
1980 - Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 - Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1982 - Melissa Anderson, American professional wrestler
1983 - Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1984 - Dee Brown, American basketball player
1985 - Joseph Delaney, Space cowboy and DRC member
1986 - Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986 - Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 - Erika Toda, Japanese actress
1990 - Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
1990 - Colin Bates, American actor
1996 - Ella Cruz, Filipina actress

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Deaths
1153 - Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
1304 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
1510 - Edmund Dudley, English statesman (b. 1462)
1657 - Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599)
1673 - Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
1676 - Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, German novelist (b. 1621)
1720 - Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1723 - Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
1768 (N. S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1785 - Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (b. 1710)
1786 - King Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1712)
1834 - Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1850 - Don José de San Martín, Argentine general (b. 1778)
1875 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1880 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (b. 1810)
1896 - Bridget Driscoll, world's first automobile fatality
1901 - Edmond Audran, French composer (b. 1842)
1918 - Moisei Uritsky, Russian revolutionary (b. 1873)
1920 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1925 - Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer of Romanian origin (b. 1848)
1940 - Billy Fiske, American aviator and Olympic athlete (b. 1911)
1954 - Billy Murray, American recording artist (b. 1877)
1962 - Peter Fechter trying to cross the Berlin Wall (b. 1944)
1969 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1970 - Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (b. 1908)
1971 - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
1973 - Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928)
1973 - Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
1973 - Conrad Aiken, American author (b. 1889)
1979 - Vivian Vance, American actress (b. 1909)
1983 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1987 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi deputy (b. 1894)
1988 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
1988 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1914)
1988 - Victoria Shaw, Australian-born american actress (b. 1935)
1990 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b. 1918)
1992 - Al Parker, American adult film actor (b. 1952)
1994 - Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1902)
1995 - Howard Koch, American screenwriter (b. 1902)
1995 - Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)
2004 - Thea Astley, Australian writer (b. 1925)
2004 - Gérard Souzay, French baritone (b. 1918)
2005 - John Bahcall, astrophysicist (b. 1934)

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عام 1935- منع الزواج بين "الآريين" و"غير الآريين" في المانيا النازية
عام 1945- فرنسا تعيد الى الصين منطقة كوانغ تشيو-وان التي تحتلها منذ 1898
عام 1957- السلطان محمد الخامس يصبح ملك المغرب
عام 1964- شارل حلو يتولى رئاسة لبنان
عام 1965- 34 قتيلا و883 جريحا بعد ستة ايام من مواجهات دامية في معزلي السود واتس ونيوتن في لوس انجليس
عام 1974- اسرائيل تعتقل المطران هيلاريون كبوجي بتهمة دعم نشاطات ارهابية
عام 1990- الغزو العراقي للكويت: صدام حسين يقرر تجميع "مواطني الدول المعتدية" في مواقع يمكن ان تتعرض للقصف كدروع بشرية
عام 1991- انقلاب للمحافظين يطيح الرئيس السوفياتي ميخائيل غورباتشيوف لكنه يفشل بفضل مقاومة بوريس يلتسين وانصاره في موسكو
عام 1993- الولايات المتحدة تدرج السودان على لائحة الدول الداعمة للارهاب

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August 18

Birthdays in History
August 18, 1992 Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
August 18, 1976 Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan, New York, playmate, July 1997
August 18, 1976 Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver
August 18, 1974 Sekou Soumah, soccer player, Willem II
August 18, 1974 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer, WI left-handed batsman 1994-
August 18, 1973 Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
August 18, 1973 Clarence Benford, NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks
August 18, 1973 Luke Fickell, defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
August 18, 1972 Derrick Harris, running back for the St. Louis Rams
August 18, 1972 Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer, NZ champ 1991, 92
August 18, 1972 Nate Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics bronze
August 18, 1972 Ray Jacobs, NFL linebacker for the Denver Broncos
August 18, 1971 Jada Pinkett, actress, Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society
August 18, 1971 Jonathan David Winter, Wellington, New Zealand, 100m backstroker 1996 Olympics
August 18, 1971 Kevin Bouie, NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles, Ariz Cardinals
August 18, 1971 Mindy Czuleger, Inglewood California, WPVA volleyballer, Myrtle Bch-17th-1994
August 18, 1971 Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life
August 18, 1971 Richard D. James, English Musician
August 18, 1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Theodore-Cosby Show
August 18, 1970 Richie Cunningham, kicker for the Dallas Cowboys
August 18, 1970 Robert Higginson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
August 18, 1969 Christian Slater, actor, Robin Hood, Untamed Heart, Heathers
August 18, 1969 Isaac Austin, NBA center for the Miami Heat
August 18, 1969 Edward Norton, American Actor
August 18, 1968 Brian Mitchell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins
August 18, 1968 Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze
August 18, 1968 Greta Lind, Goshen, New York, actress, Katie Kennicott-All My Children
August 18, 1968 Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress, Dinosaur Island
August 18, 1968 John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics
August 18, 1968 Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers
August 18, 1967 Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy, Texas, rock drummer, Slaughter-Stick it Live
August 18, 1967 John Jurkovic, defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars
August 18, 1967 Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer, Showgirls
August 18, 1967 Tracy Tracy, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal
August 18, 1966 Cees Lock of hair, soccer player, NEC
August 18, 1966 Steve Avery, NFL fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
August 18, 1963 Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star
August 18, 1962 Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler
August 18, 1961 John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live
August 18, 1960 Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Shreveport Open
August 18, 1958 Madeleine Stowe, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tropical Snow, Bad Girls
August 18, 1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
August 18, 1957 Dennis Leary, actor/comic, MTV
August 18, 1957 Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be
August 18, 1957 Denis Leary, American Actor
August 18, 1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981
August 18, 1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS 75
August 18, 1952 Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One
August 18, 1952 Nicholas John, dramaturge
August 18, 1952 Patrick Swayze, born in Houston, Texas, actor/dancer, Dirty Dancing, Ghost
August 18, 1951 Greg Pruitt, NFL running back, Los Angeles Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII
August 18, 1950 Candice Earley, Ft. Hood, Texas, actress, Donna Tyler-All My Children
August 18, 1950 Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer, Foreigner
August 18, 1950 Lynn Adams, Kingsville, Texas, LPGA golfer
August 18, 1949 Nigel Griggs, rocker, Split Enz
August 18, 1948 Carol O'Neal, playmate, July, 1972
August 18, 1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ
August 18, 1948 John Scarlett, British Celebrity
August 18, 1945 Barbara Harris, U.S. singer, Toys-A Lover's Concerto
August 18, 1945 Nona Hendryx, Trenton, New Jersey, rocker, LaBelle-Lady Marmalade
August 18, 1944 Carl Wayne, rocker, Move
August 18, 1943 Martin Mull, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/comedian, Bad Manners, Flick, Serial
August 18, 1943 Sarah Dash, Trenton, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Patti LaBelle and Bluebirds
August 18, 1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets
August 18, 1941 Matt Snell, NFL running back, New York Jets, Super Bowl III
August 18, 1940 Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo
August 18, 1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer, 1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th
August 18, 1939 Joe Azcue, baseball player
August 18, 1939 Johnny Preston singer, Running Bear, Cradle of Love
August 18, 1939 Molly Bee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, Pinky Lee Show
August 18, 1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby
August 18, 1937 William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3
August 18, 1935 Gail Fisher, Orange, New Jersey, actress, Peggy-Mannix
August 18, 1935 Lajos Papp, composer
August 18, 1935 Rafer Johnson, Hillsboro Texas, decathlete, Olympics gold 60
August 18, 1934 Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro, Texas, decathlete 1960 Olympics gold
August 18, 1934 Roberto Clemente, U.S. baseball outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
August 18, 1934 Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter
August 18, 1933 Roman Polanski, Poland, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates
August 18, 1933 Just Fontaine, French Athlete
August 18, 1931 Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense, D66
August 18, 1930 Carl Barger, Lewistown Pennsylvania, baseball President, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins
August 18, 1930 Grant Williams, New York City, actor, Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man
August 18, 1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine
August 18, 1928 Marge Schott, CEO, Cincinnati Reds
August 18, 1927 Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust
August 18, 1927 Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady
August 18, 1927 Marvin Harris, American Scientist
August 18, 1925 Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, UK, sci-fi author, Helliconia Trilogy
August 18, 1925 Tonny Til, rocker
August 18, 1923 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Aust tour
August 18, 1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's
August 18, 1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist, Voyeur
August 18, 1922 Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister
August 18, 1922 Shelley Winters, [Schrift], born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Poseidon Adventure
August 18, 1920 Bob Kennedy, baseball player
August 18, 1920 [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper, 1950's
August 18, 1919 Walter J Hickel, Gov-R-Alaska, /U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1969-71
August 18, 1918 Elsa Morante, writer
August 18, 1917 Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981-87
August 18, 1917 Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant
August 18, 1916 Elsa Morante, Italy, writer, L'isola di Arturo
August 18, 1916 Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979
August 18, 1915 Max Lanier, baseball player
August 18, 1910 Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
August 18, 1910 Herman Berlinski, composer
August 18, 1909 Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz
August 18, 1908 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer, Belenggu
August 18, 1908 Bill Merritt, cricketer, early NZ Test leg-spinner, also Northants
August 18, 1908 Edgar Faure, thriller writer/PM of France, 1952, 52-56
August 18, 1908 Milan Ristic, composer
August 18, 1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC
August 18, 1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
August 18, 1907 Howard Swanson, composer
August 18, 1907 Otto Mortensen, composer
August 18, 1906 Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor, Search for the Nile
August 18, 1906 Marcel Carne, French Director
August 18, 1905 Peter Paul Kreuder, composer
August 18, 1904 Jean Daste, actor, Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters
August 18, 1904 Max Factor, Jr., CEO, Max Factor Cosmetics
August 18, 1904 Sterling W. Cole, Rep-R-NY
August 18, 1904 [Francis] Max Factor, cosmetics manufacturer, Max Factor
August 18, 1903 Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer
August 18, 1902 Julius Kalas, composer
August 18, 1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood
August 18, 1896 Alan Mowbray, born in London, England, actor, Dante, Colonel Flack
August 18, 1893 Ernest MacMillan, composer
August 18, 1887 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist
August 18, 1883 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, Chanel
August 18, 1883 Coco Chanel, French Designer
August 18, 1882 Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor
August 18, 1882 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer
August 18, 1881 Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer
August 18, 1878 Fritz Brun, composer
August 18, 1875 Johan E Elias, historian, Amsterdam
August 18, 1873 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello
August 18, 1873 Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
August 18, 1871 Johan J Arch, graphic artist, wood cutter
August 18, 1856 Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer
August 18, 1856 Jan Karol Gali, composer
August 18, 1849 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer
August 18, 1841 Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet
August 18, 1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store
August 18, 1830 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman
August 18, 1823 Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
August 18, 1818 William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1879
August 18, 1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1884
August 18, 1807 Charles Francis Adams, Union, died in 1886
August 18, 1805 Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter, Mutterliebe
August 18, 1792 John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM, 1846-52, 1865-66
August 18, 1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
August 18, 1774 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville, Virginia, capt, Lewis and Clark Expedition
August 18, 1769 Alexandre Stievenard, composer
August 18, 1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer, Tatare
August 18, 1745 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
August 18, 1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
August 18, 1587 1st English child born in New World, Virginia Dare
August 18, 1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
August 18, 1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
August 18, 1450 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
August 18, 472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker






Deaths in History
August 18, 2004 Elmer Bernstein, composer, Thoroughly Modern Millie, dies at 82
August 18, 1998 Persis Khambatta, actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, dies at 47
August 18, 1996 Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103
August 18, 1996 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66
August 18, 1996 Thoams Eric Evans, dean of St. Paul's, dies at 68
August 18, 1995 James Ackley Maxwell, actor and director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
August 18, 1995 Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39
August 18, 1994 Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88
August 18, 1994 Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies
August 18, 1994 John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84
August 18, 1994 Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56
August 18, 1994 Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79
August 18, 1993 Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
August 18, 1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
August 18, 1992 John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82
August 18, 1991 Vaughn Shoemaker, U.S. cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
August 18, 1990 B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
August 18, 1990 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
August 18, 1989 Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
August 18, 1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered
August 18, 1988 Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
August 18, 1988 Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
August 18, 1982 Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
August 18, 1981 Anita Loos, U.S. (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88
August 18, 1980 Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65
August 18, 1977 Tibor Dery, writer, dies at 82
August 18, 1969 Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48
August 18, 1969 Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68
August 18, 1969 Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
August 18, 1968 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
August 18, 1966 Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80
August 18, 1966 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75
August 18, 1962 Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
August 18, 1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89
August 18, 1961 Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78
August 18, 1957 Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41
August 18, 1952 Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43
August 18, 1950 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered
August 18, 1949 Paul J Mares, U.S. jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
August 18, 1944 Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87
August 18, 1944 Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies
August 18, 1943 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide
August 18, 1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
August 18, 1940 Walter Chrysler, American Inventor
August 18, 1934 Delilah L Beasley, U.S. author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61
August 18, 1922 William Henry Hudson, British Author
August 18, 1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36
August 18, 1915 Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rubab-i Sjikeste), dies at 47
August 18, 1907 John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82
August 18, 1901 Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
August 18, 1896 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88
August 18, 1894 William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57
August 18, 1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle
August 18, 1870 John P. Kennedy, American Soldier
August 18, 1863 Thomas Welsh, U.S. Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39
August 18, 1853 Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73
August 18, 1850 H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51
August 18, 1850 Honore de Balzac, French Novelist
August 18, 1840 Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
August 18, 1811 Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78
August 18, 1803 James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67
August 18, 1765 Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56
August 18, 1652 Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40
August 18, 1559 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
August 18, 1503 Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies
August 18, 1276 Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies
August 18, 1236 Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies
August 18, 1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies

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عام 1903- الرئيس الاميركي تيودور روزفلت يصدر قانون مكافحة الاحتكار لدفع الشركات الى الاهتمام بالمصلحة العامة
عام 1905- قيصر روسيا يوقع مرسوما يقضي بانشاء مجلس استشاري اطلق عليه اسم الدوما
عام 1927- الكنيسة الارثوذكسية الروسية تعترف بشرعية نظام السوفيات
عام 1929- وفاة مؤسس فن الباليه الروسي سيرغي دي دياغيليف (ولد في 1872
عام 1936- الحرس المدني التابع للجنرال فرانشيسكو فرانكو يعدم الشاعر فيديريكو غارسيا لوركا (ولد في 1898
عام 1940- الحرب العالمية الثانية: حكومة فيشي الفرنسية تحل المحافل الماسونية
عام 1946- ثلاثة آلاف قتيل في مواجهات بين المسلمين والهندوس في كالكوتا
عام 1953- انصار الشاه محمد رضا بهلوي بقيادة الجنرال زاهدي يقومون بانقلاب على رئيس الحكومة محمد مصدق ويعيدون الشاه الى السلطة في ايران
عام 1954- الكونغرس يتبنى قانونا يعتبر الحزب الشيوعي الاميركي خارجا عن القانون
عام 1958- الولايات المتحدة تطلق اكبر غواصة نووية في العالم تزن 5900 طن
عام 1959- الرئيس التونسي الحبيب بورقيبة يعلن الغاء الحواجز الجمركية بين فرنسا وتونس
عام 1961- الاتحاد السوفياتي يطلق مركبة فضائية تقل حيوانات من بينها كلبة لساعات في الفضاء
عام 1981- الاسطول السادس الاميركي يسقط طائرتين ليبيتين في خليج سرت
عام 1992- بدء جسر جوي فرنسي تلاه آخر اميركي لمساعدة ضحايا المجاعة والحرب الاهلية في الصومال
عام 1994- اعتقال الفنزويلي ليليش راميريز سانشيز المعروف باسم كارلوس في السودان وتسليمه الى فرنسا
عام 2002- السلطات العراقية تعلن انتحار زعيم حركة فتح-المجلس الثوري ابو نضال
عام 2006- شركة في ساحل العاج تصب نفايات سامة قامت بتفريغها من سفينة الشحن اليونانية "بروبو كوالا" التي استأجرتها شركة متعددة الجنسيات. ادت النفايات التي وزعت في عدة مواقع في الهواء الطلق الى موت عشرة اشخاص على الاقل

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22nd August :

1864: Red Cross founded
The Geneva Convention of 1864 for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field is adopted by 12 nations meeting in Geneva. The agreement, advocated by Swiss humanitarian Jean-Henri Dunant, called for nonpartisan care to the sick and wounded in times of war, and provided for the neutrality of medical personnel. It also proposed the use of an international emblem to mark medical personnel and supplies. In honor of Dunant's nationality, a red cross on a white background--the Swiss flag in reverse--was chosen. In 1901, Dunant was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize.

1998 : Republican terrorist group the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) announces a 'complete ceasefire'.
1995 : heNegaso Gidada is elected President of the newly-named Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
1985 : A British Airtours Boeing 737 bursts into flames at the end of the runway at Manchester Airport after aborting its' take off. 55 are killed by flames and strong fumes - another 80 passengers manage to escape.
1978 : The Shroud of Turin goes on show for the first time, on the high altar at St John's Cathedral in Turin.
1973 : Henry Kissinger is named US Secretary of State - replacing William Rogers.
1962 : 15 terrorists attack French leader General de Gaulle in the 22nd of 31 attempts on his life. Despite being sprayed with a volley of at least 150 shots, de Gaulle is only slightly injured by flying glass.
1941 : World War II: German troops reach the outskirts of Leningrad - completely surrounding the city on September 8th and beginning a siege which lasts until January 1944.
1922 : Irish republican Michael Collins, the founder of Sinn Fein, is assassinated by extremist republicans in an ambush in Ireland.
1864 : Signing of the Geneva Convention for the protection of wounded and those taken prisoner during war - leading to the founding of the International Red Cross.
1846 : New Mexico is annexed by the USA.
1642 : Beginning of the English Civil War - between supporters' of King Charles I (Royalists or Cavaliers) and of Parliament (Roundheads), when the King raises his standard at Nottingham.
1485 : The Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire. Richard III is killed as he tries to reach the usurper of his crown, Henry Tudor. It's the last battle in the War of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster and York.