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August 18

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

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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, Olympic Games gold medalist
• 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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