Let's check it out Historical Events on 18th August :
293 BC -
The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded , starting the institution of
Vinalia Rustica .
1289 - Pope
Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem "
1541 - A
Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern
day Kumamoto Prefecture ). (Traditional Japanese date : July 27 , 1541)
1564 -
Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente
1587 - Saul
Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend .
1591 -
Governor of Roanoke Island colony returns from England & found everyone in
the colony had disappeared [ or Aug 17,1590 ]
1605 -
Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen
1636 - The
Covenant of the Town of Dedham , Massachusetts is first signed.
1686 -
Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1698 -
Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
1700 -
Swedish , English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1759 - 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
1769 -
Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3000
1795 -
Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves
1834 - Mt
Vesuvius erupts
1848 -
Camila O ' Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine
dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas .
1858 -
Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement
1868 -
Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
1870 -
Battle at Gravelotte Privat : Prussia beat France , 32, 000 casualties
1904 -
Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George
Reid.
1917 - A
Great Fire in Thessaloniki , Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70, 000
individuals homeless .
1919 - Anti
- Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois
1925 - Cardinal
Mercier warns Belgians against socialism /liberalism
1938 - FDR
dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
1940 -
Battle of Britain - ' The hardest day " Luftwaffe attacks the RAF in
largest ever air battle
1940 - 71
German aircrafts shot down above England
1941 -
German concentration camp Amersfoort opens
1943 -
Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz
1944 -
Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers
1944 - US
15 th Army corp reaches Mantes- Gassicourt near Paris
1954 -
James E Wilkins is 1st black to attend a US cabinet meeting
1955 -
Sjukri al- Quwatli re elected president of Syria
1957 - US
performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 -
Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
1958 - US
performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1964 -
Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon
1964 -
South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
1964 - USSR
launch 3 Kosmos satellites
1976 -
USSR' s Luna 24 soft - lands on Moon
1976 - In
the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom , the Axe Murder Incident results
in the death of two US soldiers .
1979 - Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
1979 - USSR
performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh /Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 -
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation .
1983 -
Samantha Druce , age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
1983 - USSR
performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1985 -
Suisei Launch (Halley' s Comet Flyby )
1988 -
Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush - Quayle ticket
2000 - A
Federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr . Marsha
Coleman- Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of
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
.
2011 - The
West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment
2012 - Al -
Qaeda militants kill 14 people in an attack in Aden , Yemen
2012 - NATO
air strikes kill at least 13 militants in Afghanistan
"The past reminds us of timeless human truths and
allows for the perpetuation of cultural traditions that can be nourishing; it
contains examples of mistakes to avoid, preserves the memory of alternatives
ways of doing things, and is the basis for self-understanding..." - Bettina
Drew
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