August 18
1227 - Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died in China.
1587 - Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents born in North America on what is now Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina.
1894 - Congress established the Bureau of Immigration, forerunner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
1914 - President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
1963 - James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York came to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.
1983 - Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars in damage.
1993 - A judge in Sarasota, Florida ruled that Kimberly Mays, the 14-year-old girl who had been switched at birth with another baby, need never again see her biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, in accordance with her stated wishes. (However, Kimberly later moved in with the Twiggs.)
2005 - A judge in Wichita, Kansas, sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms, the maximum the law would allow.
2011 - Vice President Joe Biden met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
2013 - David Miranda, partner of Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who'd received leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, was detained for nearly nine hours at London's Heathrow airport, triggering claims authorities were trying to interfere with reporting on the issue.
2014 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown.
2020 - Democrats formally made former Vice President Joe Biden their 2020 presidential nominee at their all-virtual national convention.
Birthdays
26 - Josephine Langford (actress)
28 - Parker McKenna Posey (actress)
29 - Madelaine Petsch (actress)
30 - Maia Mitchell (actress)
36 - Mika Boorem (actress)
45 - Andy Samberg (actor/comedian)
48 - Kaitlin Olson (actress)
53 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner (actor)
54 - Edward Norton (actor)
54 - Christian Slater (actor)
59 - Craig Bierko (actor)
61 - Adam Storke (actor)
62 - Bob Woodruff (journalist)
65 - Madeleine Stowe (actress)
66 - Denis Leary (actor)
71 - Elayne Boosler (comedian)
80 - Martin Mull (actor/comedian)
81 - Henry G. Sanders (actor)
87 - Robert Redford (actor)
96 - Rosalynn Carter (wife of President Jimmy Carter)
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Today in Sports History - August 18
1956 - The Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Braves combined for a National League record of 10 home runs. The Reds won 13-4. Bob Thurman (Cincinnati Reds) hit three of the home runs.
1973 - Hank Aaron set a major league record with his 1,378th extra base.
1980 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals had his batting average reach the .400 mark.
1981 - Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia took out an insurance policy with Lloyd’s of London. The all-American was insured for one million dollars.
1987 - Earl Campbell announced his retirement from the National Football League (NFL).
1992 - Larry Bird, after 13 years with the Boston Celtics, announced his retirement.
1995 - Tom Henke (St. Louis) became only the seventh major league player to record 300 saves.
2004 - In Athens, Paul Hamm won the men's gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event; controversy followed after it was discovered a scoring error cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the title.
2021 - Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani becomes fastest player in team history to reach 40 home runs in a season, also pitches 8 innings in 3-1 win at Detroit.
2022 - Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was ordered to serve an 11-game unpaid suspension, pay a $5 million fine and undergo required professional evaluation and counseling following accusations of sexual misconduct by two dozen women.
1227 - Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died in China.
1587 - Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents born in North America on what is now Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina.
1894 - Congress established the Bureau of Immigration, forerunner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
1914 - President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.
1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
1963 - James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York came to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.
1983 - Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars in damage.
1993 - A judge in Sarasota, Florida ruled that Kimberly Mays, the 14-year-old girl who had been switched at birth with another baby, need never again see her biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, in accordance with her stated wishes. (However, Kimberly later moved in with the Twiggs.)
2005 - A judge in Wichita, Kansas, sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms, the maximum the law would allow.
2011 - Vice President Joe Biden met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
2013 - David Miranda, partner of Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who'd received leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, was detained for nearly nine hours at London's Heathrow airport, triggering claims authorities were trying to interfere with reporting on the issue.
2014 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown.
2020 - Democrats formally made former Vice President Joe Biden their 2020 presidential nominee at their all-virtual national convention.
Birthdays
26 - Josephine Langford (actress)
28 - Parker McKenna Posey (actress)
29 - Madelaine Petsch (actress)
30 - Maia Mitchell (actress)
36 - Mika Boorem (actress)
45 - Andy Samberg (actor/comedian)
48 - Kaitlin Olson (actress)
53 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner (actor)
54 - Edward Norton (actor)
54 - Christian Slater (actor)
59 - Craig Bierko (actor)
61 - Adam Storke (actor)
62 - Bob Woodruff (journalist)
65 - Madeleine Stowe (actress)
66 - Denis Leary (actor)
71 - Elayne Boosler (comedian)
80 - Martin Mull (actor/comedian)
81 - Henry G. Sanders (actor)
87 - Robert Redford (actor)
96 - Rosalynn Carter (wife of President Jimmy Carter)
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Today in Sports History - August 18
1956 - The Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Braves combined for a National League record of 10 home runs. The Reds won 13-4. Bob Thurman (Cincinnati Reds) hit three of the home runs.
1973 - Hank Aaron set a major league record with his 1,378th extra base.
1980 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals had his batting average reach the .400 mark.
1981 - Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia took out an insurance policy with Lloyd’s of London. The all-American was insured for one million dollars.
1987 - Earl Campbell announced his retirement from the National Football League (NFL).
1992 - Larry Bird, after 13 years with the Boston Celtics, announced his retirement.
1995 - Tom Henke (St. Louis) became only the seventh major league player to record 300 saves.
2004 - In Athens, Paul Hamm won the men's gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event; controversy followed after it was discovered a scoring error cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the title.
2021 - Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani becomes fastest player in team history to reach 40 home runs in a season, also pitches 8 innings in 3-1 win at Detroit.
2022 - Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was ordered to serve an 11-game unpaid suspension, pay a $5 million fine and undergo required professional evaluation and counseling following accusations of sexual misconduct by two dozen women.
