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What happend on 18. August in History
In our data base we found 292 events happened on 18. August:
• 353: Decentius, Roman usurper [category: Deaths]
• 440: Pope Sixtus III [category: Deaths]
• 472: Ricimer, Roman general (b. 405) [category: Deaths]
• 684: Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. [category: Events]
• 849: Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian (b. 808) [category: Deaths]
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• 1258: Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek Emperor (b. 1222) [category: Deaths]
• 1276: Pope Adrian V (b. 1220) [category: Deaths]
• 1318: Clare of Montefalco, Italian nun (b. 1268) [category: Deaths]
• 1414: Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492) [category: Births]
• 1430: Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English nobleman (b. 1406) [category: Deaths]
• 1450: Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (d. 1524) [category: Births]
• 1503: Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431) [category: Deaths]
• 1559: Pope Paul IV (b. 1476) [category: Deaths]
• 1563: Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530) [category: Deaths]
• 1572: Marriage in Paris, France of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics. [category: Events]
• 1579: Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1587: Virginia Dare, English child first born in the Americas [category: Births]
• 1587: Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas. [category: Events]
• 1590: John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. [category: Events]
• 1596: Jean Bolland, Flemish writer (d. 1665) [category: Births]
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• 1605: Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1606: Maria Anna of Spain (d. 1646) [category: Births]
• 1611: Marie Louise Gonzaga, French wife of John II Casimir Vasa (d. 1650) [category: Births]
• 1613: Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer, theorist, and writer (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1620: Wanli Emperor of China (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. [category: Events]
• 1642: Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
• 1645: Eudoxia Streshneva, Russian wife of Michael I of Russia (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1657: Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (d. 1743) [category: Births]
• 1683: Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731) [category: Births]
• 1692: Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, French statesman (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1700: Baji Rao I, Indian emperor (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1707: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1712: Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician and murderer (d. 1760) [category: Births]
• 1750: Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1754: François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1765: Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Meriwether Lewis, American soldier and explorer, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1783: A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast. [category: Events]
• 1792: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1803: Nathan Clifford, American diplomat and jurist, 19th United States Attorney General (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1809: Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1819: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1822: Isaac P. Rodman, American general (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1830: Franz Joseph I of Austria (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1831: Ernest Noel, British businessman and MP (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1834: Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1838: The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838 [category: Events]
• 1841: William Halford, American navy officer (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1842: Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. [category: Events]
• 1850: Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Alfred Wallis, English painter (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1857: Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian prelate (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. [category: Events]
• 1868: French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium. [category: Events]
• 1869: Carl Rungius, German-American painter (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1870: Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1870: Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1870: Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought. [category: Events]
• 1872: Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1877: Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos. [category: Events]
• 1879: Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1882: Herman Groman, American runner (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1883: Sidney Hatch, American runner (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1885: Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1886: Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1886: Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1891: Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead. [category: Events]
• 1893: Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1893: Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1896: Firaq Gorakhpuri,Indian writer(d.1982) [category: Births]
• 1896: Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1900: Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1902: Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1902: Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1903: Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1903: German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers. [category: Events]
• 1904: Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1906: Marcel Carné, French director (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1908: Edgar Faure, French politician and historian (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1909: Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1910: Herman Berlinski, Polish-American composer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1911: Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist [category: Births]
• 1913: Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1915: Max Lanier, American baseball player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1916: Don Keefer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1916: Moura Lympany, English pianist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, writer, and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1917: Caspar Weinberger, American politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. [category: Events]
• 1918: Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter (Almanac Singers) (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1919: Wally Hickel, American politician, 2nd Governor of Alaska (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded Seagram Company (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Bob Kennedy, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1920: The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. [category: Events]
• 1921: Lydia Litvyak, Soviet pilot (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1921: Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish historian [category: Births]
• 1922: Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1923: Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1925: Brian Aldiss, English author [category: Births]
• 1925: Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1926: John P. Finnegan, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Rosalynn Carter, American wife of Jimmy Carter, 41st First Lady of the United States [category: Births]
• 1928: Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1929: Hugues Aufray, French singer [category: Births]
• 1930: Bo Hi Pak, Korean church leader [category: Births]
• 1930: Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American scientist and Holocaust survivor, victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th general of The Salvation Army [category: Births]
• 1931: Dick White, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1931: Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Bill Bennett, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Luc Montagnier, French microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1933: Just Fontaine, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1933: Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, producer, writer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Gulzar, Indian director, screenwriter, and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1934: Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1934: Ronnie Carroll, Irish singer [category: Births]
• 1934: Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author [category: Births]
• 1935: Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibian politician, 2nd President of Namibia [category: Births]
• 1935: Howard Morrison, New Zealand singer (Howard Morrison Quartet) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Robert Redford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [category: Events]
• 1939: Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1939: Johnny Preston, American singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1939: Robert Horton, English businessman (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1940: Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1940: Gil Whitney, American weatherman (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1940: Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Judith Keppel, English game show contestant, first winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? [category: Births]
• 1942: Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: A group of freedom fighter of Sherpur hoisted the Tricoloure at Mohammadabad Tehsil, Ghazipur India [category: Events]
• 1943: Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move and The Hollies) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1943: Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Martin Mull, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1943: Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress (Labelle) [category: Births]
• 1943: Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor [category: Births]
• 1944: Ernst Thälmann, German politician (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Barbara Harris, American singer-songwriter (The Toys) [category: Births]
• 1945: Paula Danziger, American author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1945: Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence leader (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Joseph Marcell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1948: The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour. [category: Events]
• 1949: Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Split Enz and Schnell Fenster) [category: Births]
• 1949: Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player [category: Births]
• 1949: Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor (Foreigner) [category: Births]
• 1950: Julien Lahaut, Belgian politician (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements. [category: Events]
• 1952: Elayne Boosler, American comedian, actress, and activist [category: Births]
• 1952: Patrick Swayze, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1952: Ricardo Villa, Argentine footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, writer, and saint (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Louie Gohmert, American politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Angela Dimitriou, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1954: Umberto Guidoni, Italian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1955: Bruce Benedict, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Taher Elgamal, Egyptian cryptographer [category: Births]
• 1956: John Debney, American composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1956: Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer [category: Births]
• 1956: Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1956: Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Carole Bouquet, French actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Denis Leary, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Men at Work) [category: Births]
• 1958: Madeleine Stowe, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He became first among 39 competitors. [category: Events]
• 1958: Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1959: Tom Prichard, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Fat Lever, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Mike LaValliere, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Birol Ünel, German-Turkish actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Bob Woodruff, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1961: Glenn Plummer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Timothy Geithner, American politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury [category: Births]
• 1962: Felipe Calderón, Mexican politician, 56th President of Mexico [category: Births]
• 1962: Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Heino Ferch, German actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Clifford Odets, American playwright (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi. [category: Events]
• 1964: Jim Florentine, American comedian, writer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Ikue Ōtani, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Kōji Kikkawa, Japanese singer (Complex) [category: Births]
• 1965: Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war. [category: Events]
• 1966: Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist [category: Births]
• 1966: Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy province. [category: Events]
• 1967: Brian Michael Bendis, American writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1967: Daler Mehndi, Indian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1967: Dan Peters, American drummer (Bundle of Hiss, Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Love Battery) [category: Births]
• 1968: Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Cy Walter, American pianist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Christian Slater, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Edward Norton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Everlast, American rapper (House of Pain and La Coka Nostra) [category: Births]
• 1969: Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1970: Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Jacob Vargas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1972: Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer, actor, producer, and director [category: Births]
• 1972: Masahiro Nakai, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP) [category: Births]
• 1972: Shaun Wilson, Australian painter and director [category: Births]
• 1973: Victoria Coren, English journalist and poker player [category: Births]
• 1975: Kaitlin Olson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers. [category: Events]
• 1977: Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Arcade Fire) [category: Births]
• 1977: Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies. [category: Events]
• 1978: Andy Samberg, American actor, writer, and rapper (The Lonely Island) [category: Births]
• 1979: Mohib Mirza, Pakistani actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Stuart Dew, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker [category: Births]
• 1980: Bart Scott, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Rob Nguyen, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: César Delgado, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Anita Loos, American screenwriter and author (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Cameron White, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Danny!, American rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mika, Lebanese-English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars). [category: Events]
• 1984: Robert Huth, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1985: Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish-Basque cyclist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1986: Andreas Weise, Swedish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Mika Boorem, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Zuzana Jandová, Czech model, Miss Czech Republic 2008 [category: Births]
• 1988: Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: G-Dragon, Korean singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jack Hobbs, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Luke Jackson, English author [category: Births]
• 1988: Siri Tollerød, Norwegian model [category: Births]
• 1989: Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. [category: Events]
• 1990: B. F. Skinner, American psychologist, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1992: Riko Narumi, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Christopher McCandless, American adventurer (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Martin Cahill, Irish criminal (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Nelly's, Greek photographer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: David Peakall, English scientist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dean Riesner, American screenwriter (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (The Searchers) (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Hiram Fong, American politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gao Xiumin, Chinese actress (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, the one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history. [category: Events]
• 2006: Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: George Astaphan, Caribbean physician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Michael Deaver, American politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns due to the threat of impeachment. [category: Events]
• 2009: Kim Dae-jung, South Korean politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Robert Novak, American journalist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Rose Friedman, American economist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Scott Davis, American sportscaster (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hisham al-Hayali, Iraqi politician [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tayseer al-Mashhadani, Iraqi engineer and politician [category: Deaths]
• _: Agapitus of Palestrina [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Alberto Hurtado [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Science Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]