A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 18 throughout history.
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Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier
An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience.
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States.
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
State Representative Harry T. Burn (24) casts the deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women's suffrage after reading a letter from his mother
Battle of Britain: Air battle known as "The Hardest Day" occurs; the Luftwaffe loses approximately 69 aircraft and the RAF 68 in one of the largest ever air battles
First televised weather map is broadcast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC
Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" reach #1 on the charts, staying for 11 weeks (a record for a single release) [1]
Belarusian weightlifter Andrei Aramnau breaks three world records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total on his way to winning the men's 105 kg gold medal at the Beijing Olympics
Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) marries Margaret of Valois in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, in attempt to make truce between Catholics and Protestants but prompts St. Bartholomew's Day massacre days later
Romantic Age poet and artist William Blake (24) marries Catherine Boucher (19) in St. Mary's Church, Battersea, London
Cosima Liszt marries Hans von Bülow, a pupil of her father, at St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin
American actress Susan Hayward (37) divorces actor Jess Barker (42) after nine years of marriage
BC The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, initiating the institution of Vinalia Rustica (grape harvest festival)
Pope Leo I (Italian: Leone I) (391 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great (Latin: Leo Magnus; Italian: Leone Magno), was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death on 10 November...
Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia (1165 – 17 January 1229) was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia.
First historical record of Scottish scholar Michael Scot, signs and dates his translation of al-Bitruji's "On the Sphere" in Toledo, Spain
Pope Nicolas IV publishes decree "Supra montem"
A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture) (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland (according to legend)
Spanish army under of general Spinola conquers Lingen
Pendle Witch Trial begins with 10 people accused of witchcraft in Lancaster, England; the key witness is a nine-year-old boy
Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions".
Dedham ( DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Giovanni Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
The Swedish Empire or the Great Power era (Swedish: stormaktstiden) was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden was a European great power...
Evening Post begins publishing in Boston, Massachusetts
Second Sea Battle of Lagos: England vs. France; ends the following day
A lightning strike on the Bastion of San Nazaro in Brescia, Italy, ignites 90 tons of gunpowder, killing 3,000 people
Curaçao Governor De Veer sends militia to stop rebellious enslaved people
60-70 ft sea serpent sightings are reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing travels across the Sahara and becomes the first European to reach the fabled trading city of Timbuktu; he is murdered near there a few weeks later
Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
The American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS) was the first national dental organization formed in the United States of America.
Stephen Watts Kearny (sometimes spelled Kearney) (August 30, 1794 – October 31, 1848) was one of the foremost antebellum frontier officers of the United States Army.
Maria Camila O'Gorman Ximénez (9 July 1825 – 18 August 1848) was a 19th-century Argentine socialite infamously executed over a scandal involving her relationship with a Roman Catholic priest.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States (日米修好通商条約, Nichibei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku), also called the Harris Treaty was a treaty signed between the United States and Tokugawa...
The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the...
Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with...
Battle of Gravelotte Privat: Prussia defeats France with 32,000 casualties
Aaron Montgomery Ward issues the first catalog for his mail-order business; it is one sheet listing 163 available items
Mount Whitney (Paiute: Tumanguya) is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, and the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).
Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win the US Lawn Tennis Association doubles
Hurricane Leslie (known as Storm Leslie or Cyclone Leslie while extratropical) was the strongest cyclone of tropical origin to strike the Iberian Peninsula since 1842.
In August 1896, Chattanooga Times publisher Adolph Ochs acquired The New-York Times, implementing significant alterations to the newspaper's structure.
The siege of Antwerp was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during the First World War.
Braves Field was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University.
The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 destroyed two thirds of the city of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, leaving more than 70,000 homeless.
Walter Reginald Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951.
France begins withdrawing troops from the Ruhr
Belgium and US sign treaty about war debts
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns reach 16,201 meters in a balloon launched from Dübendorf, Switzerland
First FM radio construction permit is issued to W1XOJ (WGTR) in Boston, MA
German concentration camp Amersfoort opens
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign was a series of engagements fought from August 1942 to February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan.
Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
Golf Writers Association of America forms
Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes in Cadiz, Spain, killing 300
The Hungarian Constitution of 1949 was a communist state constitution adopted on 20 August 1949[a].
Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated by far-right elements
James E. Wilkins is the first Black person to attend a US cabinet meeting
46.1 cm rainfall in Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Amelia Wershoven sets a world record throwing a baseball 252 feet 4½ inches (76.92 meters)
Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela...
The Milwaukee Braves were a Major League Baseball club that played in Milwaukee, from 1953 to 1965, having previously played in Boston, Massachusetts, as the Boston Braves.
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
Charles Helu is elected president of Lebanon
Dutch soccer team FC Den Bosch (successor to BVV 1906 and Wilhelmina 1890) is established at 's-Hertogenbosch
Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton at Fenway Park; injuries including a fractured cheekbone, dislocated jaw, and eye damage keep him from returning for a year and a half and lead to improvements in batting helmets
Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, gang leader and police-murderer.
Memphis, Tennessee, settles with striking police officers and firefighters
Football running back Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation
Hurricane Alicia batters Houston and Galveston, Texas
Triangle Oil Corp's above-ground storage tank in Jacksonville, Florida, spills 2.5 million gallons of oil after lightning ignites a fire
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions (25 of 30)...
Earl Christian Campbell, nicknamed "the Tyler Rose", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the...
Minoxidil, sold under the brand names Loniten and Rogaine among others, is a medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure and pattern hair loss.
ArenaBowl III takes place at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit: Detroit Drive defeats Pittsburgh Gladiators 39-26, with George LaFrance as MVP
Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest tropical cyclones in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low...
The Kapellbrücke (from German 'Chapel Bridge') is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St.
The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth) were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. It was the 15th Commonwealth Games.
Record 6,654 tap dancers in a single routine at Macy's Tap-O-mania in New York City
A Federal jury finds the US Environmental Protection Agency guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband wins the coveted 100 m freestyle gold medal in 48.17 ahead of Roland Schoeman of South Africa at the Athens Olympics
Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK (bind, torture, kill) serial killings in Sedgwick County, Kansas
An American 1-2-3 in the 400 m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics; Angelo Taylor wins gold in 47.25 ahead of Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson
The West Memphis Three are three freed men convicted as teenagers of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States.
The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen is an ongoing armed conflict between the Yemeni government, the United States and their allies, and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Yemen.
Terrorism in India, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, poses a significant threat to the people of India. Compared to other countries, India faces a wide range of terror groups.
Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee records a time of 1:45:01 to retain his Olympic men's triathlon title at the Rio de Janeiro Games, finishing 0:06 ahead of second-place finisher, his brother Jonathan Brownlee
Archaeologists confirm the first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt, 3200 years old, in the tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis
1.7 million people participate in a peaceful pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, representing a quarter of the population
A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones is announced as discovered at La Torre-La Janera, Huelva, in southern Spain [1]
Canadian province of British Columbia declares a state of emergency as two major wildfires combine near Adams Lake, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people [1]
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is sworn in as Thailand's youngest-ever Prime Minister at 37 years old [1]
Leaders from across Europe join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a hastily arranged summit meeting with US President Trump at the White House [1]
Meriwether Lewis, American explorer and governor, known for american explorer and governor, was born on 1774-08-18.
Franz Joseph I is born
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician, known for indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician, was born on 1900-08-18.
Shelley Winters, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1920-08-18. Shelley Winters was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades.
Robert Redford actor and director, known for american actor and director, was born on 1936-08-18. Charles Robert Redford Jr.
Patrick Swayze, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-08-18. Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer.
Roman Polanski, French french filmmaker, known for polish and french filmmaker, was born on 1934-08-18.
Christian Slater, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1970-08-18. Christian Michael Leonard Slater is an American actor.
Edward Norton, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1970-08-18. Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor and filmmaker.
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican athlete, known for puerto rican baseball player, was born on 1934-08-18.
Frederick Ashton, British dancer and choreographer, known for british dancer and choreographer, died on 1988-08-18.
Alain Delon, French actor, known for french actor, died on 2024-08-18. Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman.
BC The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, initiating the institution of Vinalia Rustica (grape harvest festival)
Pope Leo I (Italian: Leone I) (391 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great (Latin: Leo Magnus; Italian: Leone Magno), was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death on 10 November...
Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia (1165 – 17 January 1229) was the third Catholic Bishop of Riga in Livonia.
First historical record of Scottish scholar Michael Scot, signs and dates his translation of al-Bitruji's "On the Sphere" in Toledo, Spain
Pope Nicolas IV publishes decree "Supra montem"
A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture) (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) marries Margaret of Valois in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, in attempt to make truce between Catholics and Protestants but prompts St. Bartholomew's Day massacre days later
Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland (according to legend)
Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier
Spanish army under of general Spinola conquers Lingen
Pendle Witch Trial begins with 10 people accused of witchcraft in Lancaster, England; the key witness is a nine-year-old boy
Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions".
Dedham ( DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
Giovanni Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
The Swedish Empire or the Great Power era (Swedish: stormaktstiden) was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden was a European great power...
Evening Post begins publishing in Boston, Massachusetts
An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience.
Second Sea Battle of Lagos: England vs. France; ends the following day
A lightning strike on the Bastion of San Nazaro in Brescia, Italy, ignites 90 tons of gunpowder, killing 3,000 people
Meriwether Lewis, American explorer and governor, known for american explorer and governor, was born on 1774-08-18.
Romantic Age poet and artist William Blake (24) marries Catherine Boucher (19) in St. Mary's Church, Battersea, London
Curaçao Governor De Veer sends militia to stop rebellious enslaved people
60-70 ft sea serpent sightings are reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing travels across the Sahara and becomes the first European to reach the fabled trading city of Timbuktu; he is murdered near there a few weeks later
Franz Joseph I is born
Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States.
The American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS) was the first national dental organization formed in the United States of America.
Stephen Watts Kearny (sometimes spelled Kearney) (August 30, 1794 – October 31, 1848) was one of the foremost antebellum frontier officers of the United States Army.
Maria Camila O'Gorman Ximénez (9 July 1825 – 18 August 1848) was a 19th-century Argentine socialite infamously executed over a scandal involving her relationship with a Roman Catholic priest.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States (日米修好通商条約, Nichibei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku), also called the Harris Treaty was a treaty signed between the United States and Tokugawa...
The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the...
Cosima Liszt marries Hans von Bülow, a pupil of her father, at St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin
Pierre Jules César Janssen (22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907), usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with...
Battle of Gravelotte Privat: Prussia defeats France with 32,000 casualties
Aaron Montgomery Ward issues the first catalog for his mail-order business; it is one sheet listing 163 available items
Mount Whitney (Paiute: Tumanguya) is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, and the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).
Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win the US Lawn Tennis Association doubles
Hurricane Leslie (known as Storm Leslie or Cyclone Leslie while extratropical) was the strongest cyclone of tropical origin to strike the Iberian Peninsula since 1842.
In August 1896, Chattanooga Times publisher Adolph Ochs acquired The New-York Times, implementing significant alterations to the newspaper's structure.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician, known for indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician, was born on 1900-08-18.
The siege of Antwerp was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during the First World War.
Braves Field was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University.
The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 destroyed two thirds of the city of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, leaving more than 70,000 homeless.
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
State Representative Harry T. Burn (24) casts the deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women's suffrage after reading a letter from his mother
Walter Reginald Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951.
Shelley Winters, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1920-08-18. Shelley Winters was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades.
France begins withdrawing troops from the Ruhr
Belgium and US sign treaty about war debts
First televised weather map is broadcast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns reach 16,201 meters in a balloon launched from Dübendorf, Switzerland
Roman Polanski, French french filmmaker, known for polish and french filmmaker, was born on 1934-08-18.
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican athlete, known for puerto rican baseball player, was born on 1934-08-18.
Robert Redford actor and director, known for american actor and director, was born on 1936-08-18. Charles Robert Redford Jr.
First FM radio construction permit is issued to W1XOJ (WGTR) in Boston, MA
Battle of Britain: Air battle known as "The Hardest Day" occurs; the Luftwaffe loses approximately 69 aircraft and the RAF 68 in one of the largest ever air battles
German concentration camp Amersfoort opens
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign was a series of engagements fought from August 1942 to February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan.
Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
Golf Writers Association of America forms
Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes in Cadiz, Spain, killing 300
The Hungarian Constitution of 1949 was a communist state constitution adopted on 20 August 1949[a].
Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated by far-right elements
Patrick Swayze, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-08-18. Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer.
American actress Susan Hayward (37) divorces actor Jess Barker (42) after nine years of marriage
James E. Wilkins is the first Black person to attend a US cabinet meeting
46.1 cm rainfall in Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" reach #1 on the charts, staying for 11 weeks (a record for a single release) [1]
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Amelia Wershoven sets a world record throwing a baseball 252 feet 4½ inches (76.92 meters)
Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela...
The Milwaukee Braves were a Major League Baseball club that played in Milwaukee, from 1953 to 1965, having previously played in Boston, Massachusetts, as the Boston Braves.
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
Charles Helu is elected president of Lebanon
Dutch soccer team FC Den Bosch (successor to BVV 1906 and Wilhelmina 1890) is established at 's-Hertogenbosch
Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton at Fenway Park; injuries including a fractured cheekbone, dislocated jaw, and eye damage keep him from returning for a year and a half and lead to improvements in batting helmets
Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, gang leader and police-murderer.
Christian Slater, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1970-08-18. Christian Michael Leonard Slater is an American actor.
Edward Norton, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1970-08-18. Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor and filmmaker.
Memphis, Tennessee, settles with striking police officers and firefighters
Football running back Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation
Hurricane Alicia batters Houston and Galveston, Texas
Triangle Oil Corp's above-ground storage tank in Jacksonville, Florida, spills 2.5 million gallons of oil after lightning ignites a fire
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions (25 of 30)...
Earl Christian Campbell, nicknamed "the Tyler Rose", is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, primarily with the...
Minoxidil, sold under the brand names Loniten and Rogaine among others, is a medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure and pattern hair loss.
Frederick Ashton, British dancer and choreographer, known for british dancer and choreographer, died on 1988-08-18.
ArenaBowl III takes place at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit: Detroit Drive defeats Pittsburgh Gladiators 39-26, with George LaFrance as MVP
Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest tropical cyclones in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low...
The Kapellbrücke (from German 'Chapel Bridge') is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St.
The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth) were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. It was the 15th Commonwealth Games.
Record 6,654 tap dancers in a single routine at Macy's Tap-O-mania in New York City
A Federal jury finds the US Environmental Protection Agency guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband wins the coveted 100 m freestyle gold medal in 48.17 ahead of Roland Schoeman of South Africa at the Athens Olympics
Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK (bind, torture, kill) serial killings in Sedgwick County, Kansas
Belarusian weightlifter Andrei Aramnau breaks three world records in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total on his way to winning the men's 105 kg gold medal at the Beijing Olympics
An American 1-2-3 in the 400 m hurdles at the Beijing Olympics; Angelo Taylor wins gold in 47.25 ahead of Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson
The West Memphis Three are three freed men convicted as teenagers of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States.
The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen is an ongoing armed conflict between the Yemeni government, the United States and their allies, and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Yemen.
Terrorism in India, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, poses a significant threat to the people of India. Compared to other countries, India faces a wide range of terror groups.
Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee records a time of 1:45:01 to retain his Olympic men's triathlon title at the Rio de Janeiro Games, finishing 0:06 ahead of second-place finisher, his brother Jonathan Brownlee
Archaeologists confirm the first-ever cheese found from Ancient Egypt, 3200 years old, in the tomb of Ptahmes, mayor of Memphis
1.7 million people participate in a peaceful pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, representing a quarter of the population
A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones is announced as discovered at La Torre-La Janera, Huelva, in southern Spain [1]
Canadian province of British Columbia declares a state of emergency as two major wildfires combine near Adams Lake, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people [1]
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is sworn in as Thailand's youngest-ever Prime Minister at 37 years old [1]
Alain Delon, French actor, known for french actor, died on 2024-08-18. Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman.
Leaders from across Europe join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a hastily arranged summit meeting with US President Trump at the White House [1]