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Day Of The Week: August 18
August 18, 2025 is the 230th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 18
- 1587 –Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
- 1590 –John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
- 1783 –A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
- 1838 –The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
- 1891 –Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
- 1950 –Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
- 1963 –American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
- 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.
- 1983 –Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
- 1989 –Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
Who were born on August 18?
- 1774 –Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (d. 1809)
- 1841 –William Halford, American naval officer (d. 1919)
- 1919 –Walter Joseph Hickel, 2nd and 8th Governor of Alaska (d. 2010)
- 1925 –Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (d. 2006)
- 1931 –Dick White, English footballer
- 1932 –William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia
- 1943 –Sarah Dash, American singer
- 1964 –Kenny Walker, American basketball player
- 1969 –Edward Norton, American actor
- 1976 –Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer
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