A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 18th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare was born in the Roanoke Colony in what is now North Carolina.
On August 18, 1612, the trials of the “Pendle Witches” began in England.
On August 18, 1920, the United States ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
On August 18, 1940, an air battle was fought between the British RAF and the German Luftwaffe, the largest air battle in history to that point as part of the Battle of Britain, July 10 through October 31, 1940.
On August 18, 1945, Indonesia, now the world’s 4th most populous country (and the largest island nation) inaugurated Sukarno as the nation’s first president.
On August 18, 1976, Soldiers of the North Korean Army used an ax to murder two US Army officers that were overseeing a work party to cut down a tree in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, in an area known as a Joint Security Area (JSA) that is manned by soldiers from North Korea, South Korea, and the United States.
On August 18, 2003, a tremendously sad and unusual murder took place when a Newfoundland mother who had been given custody of her 1 year old son murdered the little boy despite the mom being on bail for the murder of her husband!
On August 18, 2017, we learned of Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Democrat from Union City, made the idiotic statement, “I hope Trump is assassinated!” on Facebook on August 16, 2017.
On August 18, 2019, about 100 environmentally concerned citizens, including government officials and activists, held a funeral for the Okjökull glacier in Iceland.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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