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18 Aug 1289
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Pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem"
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18 Aug 1564
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Spanish King Philip II joins Council of Trente
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18 Aug 1572
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King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
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18 Aug 1587
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1st English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare)
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18 Aug 1686
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Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
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18 Aug 1698
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Russian Czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
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18 Aug 1700
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Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
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18 Aug 1735
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Evening Post begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts)
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18 Aug 1769
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Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
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18 Aug 1795
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Curacao Governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves
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18 Aug 1817
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Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
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18 Aug 1834
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Mt Vesuvius erupts
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18 Aug 1835
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Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
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18 Aug 1838
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1st US marine expedition
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18 Aug 1840
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Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY)
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18 Aug 1846
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Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, NM
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18 Aug 1858
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Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement
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18 Aug 1862
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Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota (it is later crushed)
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18 Aug 1864
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6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
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18 Aug 1864
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Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days
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18 Aug 1868
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Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
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18 Aug 1870
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Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties
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18 Aug 1872
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1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward
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18 Aug 1873
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1st ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')
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18 Aug 1886
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Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Association doubles
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18 Aug 1891
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Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die
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18 Aug 1894
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Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
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18 Aug 1896
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Adolph Ochs (39) buys New York Times
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18 Aug 1914
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French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg
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18 Aug 1914
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President Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"
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18 Aug 1914
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Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality
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18 Aug 1915
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Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1
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18 Aug 1917
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Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)
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18 Aug 1919
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Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois
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18 Aug 1920
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1st class debut of Walter Hammond
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18 Aug 1920
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Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
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18 Aug 1923
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37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)
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18 Aug 1924
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France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied
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18 Aug 1925
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Belgian and US sign treaty about war debts
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18 Aug 1925
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Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism / liberalism
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18 Aug 1926
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Weather map televised for 1st time
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18 Aug 1930
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Eastern Airlines begins passenger service
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18 Aug 1931
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Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game
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18 Aug 1932
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Auguste Piccard / Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon
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18 Aug 1932
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Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic
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18 Aug 1934
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48th US Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64)
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18 Aug 1934
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Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng
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18 Aug 1936
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106.5
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18 Aug 1937
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1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston, Massachusetts)
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18 Aug 1938
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FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
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18 Aug 1940
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71 German aircrafts shot down above England
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18 Aug 1941
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Concentration camp Amersfoort opens
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18 Aug 1941
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Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
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18 Aug 1943
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Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd and final game, all with Giants
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18 Aug 1943
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Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz
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18 Aug 1944
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Paris railroad workers strike against Nazi occupiers
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18 Aug 1944
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US 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris
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18 Aug 1944
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US 20th Army corp conquers Chartres
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18 Aug 1945
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Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off
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18 Aug 1946
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Golf Writers Associaton of America formed
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18 Aug 1947
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Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300
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18 Aug 1949
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Hungary adopts constitution
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18 Aug 1954
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James E Wilkins is 1st black to attend a US cabinet meeting
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18 Aug 1954
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Asst Sec of Labor James Wilkins became 1st black to attend cabinet
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18 Aug 1955
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46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
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18 Aug 1955
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Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected President of Syria
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18 Aug 1956
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Cincinnati Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game
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18 Aug 1957
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Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open
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18 Aug 1957
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Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4
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18 Aug 1957
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Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46
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18 Aug 1958
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"Lolita, " by Vladimir Nabokov, published
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18 Aug 1958
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Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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18 Aug 1958
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Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
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18 Aug 1958
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Perez Prado "Mambo King, " receives one of the 1st gold records
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18 Aug 1958
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Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ
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18 Aug 1958
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Betsy Palmer joins the Today Show panel
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18 Aug 1958
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Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
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18 Aug 1958
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Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published
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18 Aug 1958
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TV game show scandal investigation starts
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18 Aug 1960
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1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie, Illinois
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18 Aug 1960
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Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg)
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18 Aug 1960
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Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies
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18 Aug 1960
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1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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18 Aug 1961
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Construction on Berlin Wall completed
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18 Aug 1962
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Peter, Paul and Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
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18 Aug 1963
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James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from University of Mississippi
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18 Aug 1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
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18 Aug 1964
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Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit
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18 Aug 1964
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Charles Helu elected President of Lebanon
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18 Aug 1964
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South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
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18 Aug 1964
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USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites
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18 Aug 1965
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Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of the batter's box
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18 Aug 1967
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Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton
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18 Aug 1967
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Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
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18 Aug 1967
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WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news
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18 Aug 1967
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Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
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18 Aug 1968
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic
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18 Aug 1969
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Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly"
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18 Aug 1972
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Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney $800 in Sweden cannabis possession
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18 Aug 1973
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Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet
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18 Aug 1973
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Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record
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18 Aug 1974
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA St. Paul Keller Golf Open
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18 Aug 1976
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USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon
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18 Aug 1977
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2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland
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18 Aug 1977
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Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
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18 Aug 1978
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Memphis, Tenn, settles with striking police officers & firefighters
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18 Aug 1979
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Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds
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18 Aug 1979
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Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter
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18 Aug 1981
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"My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances
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18 Aug 1981
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Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons
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18 Aug 1982
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Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started August 17th)
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18 Aug 1982
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NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded
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18 Aug 1982
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1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded
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18 Aug 1982
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LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17)
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18 Aug 1982
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Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
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18 Aug 1983
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Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order
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18 Aug 1983
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Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
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18 Aug 1983
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Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes)
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18 Aug 1983
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Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
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18 Aug 1984
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Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Florida, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire
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18 Aug 1985
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Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins MasterCard International Pro-Am Golf Tourn
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18 Aug 1986
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia PA on WYSP 94.1 FM
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18 Aug 1986
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Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years)
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18 Aug 1986
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Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness
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18 Aug 1986
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WYSP-FM Philadelphia begins simulcasting Howard Stern Show
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18 Aug 1987
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Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL
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18 Aug 1987
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Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24)
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18 Aug 1987
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Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it
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18 Aug 1988
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FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
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18 Aug 1988
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Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
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18 Aug 1988
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Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket
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18 Aug 1989
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Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankee manager
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18 Aug 1989
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Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets the 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin
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18 Aug 1991
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Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic
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18 Aug 1991
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Hurricane Bob hits NC with 115 mph wind
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18 Aug 1991
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Pan Am games closes in Havana
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18 Aug 1992
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"Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion NYC for 61 performances
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18 Aug 1993
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Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern Switz, destroyed by fire
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18 Aug 1994
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5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171
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18 Aug 1995
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Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save
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