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| August 18th, 2007 (August 18 2007) | Death | Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff (born in 1938) | |
| August 18th, 2006 (August 18 2006) | Death | Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (born in 1934) | |
| August 18th, 2006 (August 18 2006) | Death | Jamie Astaphan, Caribbean-born physician (born in 1946) | |
| August 18th, 2005 (August 18 2005) | Event | Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings. | |
| August 18th, 2005 (August 18 2005) | Event | Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people. | |
| August 18th, 2005 (August 18 2005) | Death | Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (born in 1982) | |
| August 18th, 2005 (August 18 2005) | Death | Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress (born in 1959) | |
| August 18th, 2004 (August 18 2004) | Event | In Dublin, Ireland the Dublin Port Tunnel excavation works are completed. | |
| August 18th, 2004 (August 18 2004) | Death | Elmer Bernstein, American composer (born in 1922) | |
| August 18th, 2004 (August 18 2004) | Death | Hiram Fong, former U.S. Senator from Hawaii (born in 1906) | |
| August 18th, 2003 (August 18 2003) | Death | Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (born in 1938) | |
| August 18th, 2002 (August 18 2002) | Death | Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (born in 1918) | |
| August 18th, 2001 (August 18 2001) | Death | David Peakall, British scientist (born in 1931) | |
| August 18th, 2000 (August 18 2000) | Event | Federal jury found the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act. | |
| August 18th, 1998 (August 18 1998) | Death | Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (born in 1950) | |
| August 18th, 1995 (August 18 1995) | Birth | Parker McKenna Posey, American actress | |
| August 18th, 1994 (August 18 1994) | Death | Martin Cahill, The General, infamous Dublin criminal (born in 1949) | |
| August 18th, 1992 (August 18 1992) | Event | Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy. | An Wang Quotes |
| August 18th, 1992 (August 18 1992) | Birth | Frances Bean Cobain, daughter Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love | Courtney Love Quotes |
| August 18th, 1992 (August 18 1992) | Birth | Riko Narumi, Japanese actress | |
| August 18th, 1992 (August 18 1992) | Death | John Sturges, American film director (born in 1911) | |
| August 18th, 1990 (August 18 1990) | Death | Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (born in 1938) | |
| August 18th, 1990 (August 18 1990) | Death | B.F. Skinner, American psychological theorist (born in 1904) | |
| August 18th, 1989 (August 18 1989) | Event | Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galan is assassinated near Bogota in Colombia. | |
| August 18th, 1987 (August 18 1987) | Birth | Mika Boorem, American actress | |
| August 18th, 1984 (August 18 1984) | Birth | Robert Huth, German footballer | |
| August 18th, 1983 (August 18 1983) | Event | Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars). | |
| August 18th, 1983 (August 18 1983) | Birth | Kris Boyd, Scottish footballer | |
| August 18th, 1983 (August 18 1983) | Birth | Michael Montgomery, American football player | |
| August 18th, 1983 (August 18 1983) | Birth | Mica Penniman (Mika), Lebanese-born musician | |
| August 18th, 1983 (August 18 1983) | Birth | Daniel Keith Swain (Danny!), American record producer/hip-hop artist | |
| August 18th, 1983 (August 18 1983) | Death | Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (born in 1902) | |
| August 18th, 1982 (August 18 1982) | Event | Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation. | |
| August 18th, 1981 (August 18 1981) | Birth | Cesar Delgado, Argentine footballer | |
| August 18th, 1981 (August 18 1981) | Birth | Jonathan Schneck, American musician (Relient K) | |
| August 18th, 1981 (August 18 1981) | Death | Anita Loos, American screenwriter (born in 1889) | |
| August 18th, 1980 (August 18 1980) | Birth | Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer | |
| August 18th, 1980 (August 18 1980) | Birth | Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress | |
| August 18th, 1980 (August 18 1980) | Birth | Rob Nguyen, Australian racing driver | |
| August 18th, 1980 (August 18 1980) | Birth | Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker | |
| August 18th, 1980 (August 18 1980) | Birth | Jeremy Shockey, American football Tight End | |
| August 18th, 1979 (August 18 1979) | Birth | Selena Silver, pornographic actress | |
| August 18th, 1978 (August 18 1978) | Birth | Andy Samberg, American comedian | |
| August 18th, 1977 (August 18 1977) | Event | Steve Biko was 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 apartheid. | William King Quotes |
| August 18th, 1977 (August 18 1977) | Birth | Regine Chassagne, member of the Canadian rock band Arcade Fire | |
| August 18th, 1976 (August 18 1976) | Event | In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers. | |
| August 18th, 1976 (August 18 1976) | Birth | Daphnee Duplaix Samuel, American actress, Playboy Playmate | |
| August 18th, 1972 (August 18 1972) | Birth | Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer | |
| August 18th, 1972 (August 18 1972) | Birth | Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer | |
| August 18th, 1972 (August 18 1972) | Birth | Shaun Wilson, Australian artist | |
| August 18th, 1971 (August 18 1971) | Event | Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. | |
| August 18th, 1971 (August 18 1971) | Birth | Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin) | |
| August 18th, 1971 (August 18 1971) | Birth | Jacob Vargas, American actor | |
| August 18th, 1970 (August 18 1970) | Birth | Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress | |
| August 18th, 1970 (August 18 1970) | Birth | Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor | |
| August 18th, 1969 (August 18 1969) | Event | Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock. | Jimi Hendrix Quotes |
| August 18th, 1969 (August 18 1969) | Birth | Masta Killa, American rapper | |
| August 18th, 1969 (August 18 1969) | Birth | Everlast, American musician | |
| August 18th, 1969 (August 18 1969) | Birth | Edward Norton, American actor | |
| August 18th, 1969 (August 18 1969) | Birth | Christian Slater, American actor | |
| August 18th, 1968 (August 18 1968) | Birth | Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress | |
| August 18th, 1968 (August 18 1968) | Birth | Dan Peters, American musician | |
| August 18th, 1967 (August 18 1967) | Birth | Brian Michael Bendis, American comic book writer | |
| August 18th, 1967 (August 18 1967) | Birth | Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer | |
| August 18th, 1966 (August 18 1966) | Event | Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong. | |
| August 18th, 1966 (August 18 1966) | Birth | Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist | |
| August 18th, 1966 (August 18 1966) | Birth | Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress | |
| August 18th, 1965 (August 18 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation Starlite beginsUnited States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war. | |
| August 18th, 1965 (August 18 1965) | Birth | Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer | |
| August 18th, 1965 (August 18 1965) | Birth | Jim Florentine, American comedian | |
| August 18th, 1964 (August 18 1964) | Birth | Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter | |
| August 18th, 1963 (August 18 1963) | Event | American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi. | |
| August 18th, 1963 (August 18 1963) | Death | Clifford Odets, American playwright (born in 1906) | |
| August 18th, 1962 (August 18 1962) | Birth | Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico | |
| August 18th, 1962 (August 18 1962) | Birth | Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 18th, 1961 (August 18 1961) | Birth | Bob Woodruff, American journalist, anchor | |
| August 18th, 1960 (August 18 1960) | Birth | Fat Lever, American basketball player | |
| August 18th, 1960 (August 18 1960) | Birth | Mike LaValliere, baseball player | |
| August 18th, 1959 (August 18 1959) | Birth | Tom Prichard, American wrestler | |
| August 18th, 1958 (August 18 1958) | Event | Vladimir Nabokov s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States. | Vladimir Nabokov Quotes |
| August 18th, 1958 (August 18 1958) | Birth | Madeleine Stowe, American actress | Madeleine Stowe Quotes |
| August 18th, 1957 (August 18 1957) | Birth | Carole Bouquet, French actress | |
| August 18th, 1957 (August 18 1957) | Birth | Denis Leary, American comedian and actor | |
| August 18th, 1956 (August 18 1956) | Birth | John Debney, American composer | |
| August 18th, 1956 (August 18 1956) | Birth | Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician | |
| August 18th, 1955 (August 18 1955) | Birth | Taher ElGamal, Egyptian scientist | |
| August 18th, 1953 (August 18 1953) | Birth | Louie Gohmert, American politician | |
| August 18th, 1952 (August 18 1952) | Birth | Elayne Boosler, American comedian | |
| August 18th, 1952 (August 18 1952) | Birth | Patrick Swayze, American actor | |
| August 18th, 1952 (August 18 1952) | Birth | Ricky Villa, Argentine former footballer | |
| August 18th, 1952 (August 18 1952) | Death | Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit saint (born in 1901) | |
| August 18th, 1950 (August 18 1950) | Event | Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements. | |
| August 18th, 1949 (August 18 1949) | Birth | Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player | |
| August 18th, 1949 (August 18 1949) | Death | Paul Mares, American musician (born in 1900) | |
| August 18th, 1948 (August 18 1948) | Birth | Joseph Marcell, British actor | |
| August 18th, 1945 (August 18 1945) | Birth | Barbara Harris, American singer (Toys) | |
| August 18th, 1943 (August 18 1943) | Birth | Martin Mull, American comedian | |
| August 18th, 1943 (August 18 1943) | Birth | Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician | |
| August 18th, 1943 (August 18 1943) | Birth | Carl Wayne, English singer (died in 2004) | |
| August 18th, 1943 (August 18 1943) | Death | Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (born in 1865) | |
| August 18th, 1942 (August 18 1942) | Death | Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (born in 1888) | |
| August 18th, 1941 (August 18 1941) | Event | Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany s systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped due to protests. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| August 18th, 1940 (August 18 1940) | Death | Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (born in 1875) | |
| August 18th, 1939 (August 18 1939) | Birth | Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (died in 2008) | |
| August 18th, 1939 (August 18 1939) | Birth | Robert Horton, British businessman | |
| August 18th, 1939 (August 18 1939) | Birth | Johnny Preston, American singer | |
| August 18th, 1938 (August 18 1938) | Event | The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. | |
| August 18th, 1936 (August 18 1936) | Birth | Robert Redford, American actor | |
| August 18th, 1935 (August 18 1935) | Birth | Rafer Johnson, American athlete | |
| August 18th, 1935 (August 18 1935) | Birth | Howard Morrison, New Zealand entertainer | |
| August 18th, 1934 (August 18 1934) | Birth | Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney | |
| August 18th, 1934 (August 18 1934) | Birth | Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian (died in 1972) | |
| August 18th, 1934 (August 18 1934) | Birth | Ronnie Carroll, British singer | |
| August 18th, 1933 (August 18 1933) | Birth | Roman Polanski, French-born director and actor | Roman Polanski Quotes |
| August 18th, 1933 (August 18 1933) | Birth | Just Fontaine, French footballer | |
| August 18th, 1932 (August 18 1932) | Birth | William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia | |
| August 18th, 1931 (August 18 1931) | Birth | Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvation Army general | |
| August 18th, 1931 (August 18 1931) | Birth | Dick White, English footballer | |
| August 18th, 1930 (August 18 1930) | Birth | Liviu Librescu, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre | |
| August 18th, 1929 (August 18 1929) | Birth | Hugues Aufray, French singer | |
| August 18th, 1928 (August 18 1928) | Birth | Marge Schott, baseball team owner (died in 2004) | |
| August 18th, 1927 (August 18 1927) | Birth | Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States | |
| August 18th, 1925 (August 18 1925) | Birth | Brian Aldiss, English writer | Brian Aldiss Quotes |
| August 18th, 1925 (August 18 1925) | Birth | Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (died in 2006) | |
| August 18th, 1922 (August 18 1922) | Birth | Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer | |
| August 18th, 1921 (August 18 1921) | Birth | Zdzislaw Zygulski, Jr., Polish art historian | |
| August 18th, 1920 (August 18 1920) | Event | Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, guaranteeing women s suffrage. | |
| August 18th, 1920 (August 18 1920) | Birth | Bob Kennedy, baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| August 18th, 1920 (August 18 1920) | Birth | Shelley Winters, American actress (died in 2006) | |
| August 18th, 1919 (August 18 1919) | Death | Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (born in 1841) | |
| August 18th, 1918 (August 18 1918) | Birth | Walter Joseph Hickel, American politician | |
| August 18th, 1918 (August 18 1918) | Birth | Cisco Houston, American folk singer (died in 1961) | |
| August 18th, 1917 (August 18 1917) | Event | A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. | |
| August 18th, 1917 (August 18 1917) | Birth | Caspar Weinberger, American politician (died in 2006) | Ric Berger Quotes |
| August 18th, 1916 (August 18 1916) | Birth | Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (died in 2005) | |
| August 18th, 1915 (August 18 1915) | Birth | Max Lanier, baseball player (died in 2007) | |
| August 18th, 1913 (August 18 1913) | Birth | Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (died in 1983) | |
| August 18th, 1909 (August 18 1909) | Event | Tokyo mayor Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River. | |
| August 18th, 1909 (August 18 1909) | Birth | Gerard Filion, French Canadian businessman and journalist (died in 2005) | |
| August 18th, 1908 (August 18 1908) | Birth | Edgar Faure, French politician and historian (died in 1988) | |
| August 18th, 1906 (August 18 1906) | Birth | Marcel Carne, French film director (died in 1996) | |
| August 18th, 1904 (August 18 1904) | Event | Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid. | |
| August 18th, 1904 (August 18 1904) | Birth | Max Factor, Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (died in 1996) | |
| August 18th, 1903 (August 18 1903) | Event | German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers. | |
| August 18th, 1903 (August 18 1903) | Birth | Lucienne Boyer, French singer (died in 1983) | |
| August 18th, 1902 (August 18 1902) | Birth | Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (died in 1968) | |
| August 18th, 1900 (August 18 1900) | Birth | Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (died in 1964) | |
| August 18th, 1896 (August 18 1896) | Birth | Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (died in 1933) | |
| August 18th, 1893 (August 18 1893) | Birth | Ernest MacMillan, Canadian musician (died in 1973) | |
| August 18th, 1893 (August 18 1893) | Birth | Burleigh Grimes, baseball player (died in 1985) | |
| August 18th, 1891 (August 18 1891) | Event | Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead. | |
| August 18th, 1890 (August 18 1890) | Birth | Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (died in 1960) | Walther Funk Quotes |
| August 18th, 1879 (August 18 1879) | Birth | Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (died in 1970) | |
| August 18th, 1877 (August 18 1877) | Event | Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos. | |
| August 18th, 1870 (August 18 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought. | |
| August 18th, 1870 (August 18 1870) | Birth | Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (died in 1918) | |
| August 18th, 1868 (August 18 1868) | Event | French astronomer Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen discovers helium. | |
| August 18th, 1864 (August 18 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Globe TavernUnion forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Weldon Railroad. | |
| August 18th, 1857 (August 18 1857) | Birth | Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (died in 1926) | |
| August 18th, 1855 (August 18 1855) | Birth | Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (died in 1942) | |
| August 18th, 1850 (August 18 1850) | Death | Honore de Balzac, French writer (born in 1799) | Honore de Balzac Quotes |
| August 18th, 1848 (August 18 1848) | Event | Camila O Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez executed on orders by Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. | |
| August 18th, 1842 (August 18 1842) | Death | Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (born in 1779) | |
| August 18th, 1841 (August 18 1841) | Birth | William Halford, American naval officer (died in 1919) | |
| August 18th, 1838 (August 18 1838) | Event | The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838 | |
| August 18th, 1830 (August 18 1830) | Birth | Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (died in 1916) | |
| August 18th, 1822 (August 18 1822) | Birth | Isaac P. Rodman, American Union general (died in 1862) | |
| August 18th, 1819 (August 18 1819) | Birth | Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (died in 1876) | |
| August 18th, 1815 (August 18 1815) | Death | Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (born in 1759) | |
| August 18th, 1809 (August 18 1809) | Death | Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (born in 1728) | |
| August 18th, 1803 (August 18 1803) | Birth | Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1881) | |
| August 18th, 1792 (August 18 1792) | Birth | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1878) | John Russell Quotes |
| August 18th, 1775 (August 18 1775) | Event | The Spanish established a presidio (fort) and the town came to be called Tucson, Arizona. | |
| August 18th, 1774 (August 18 1774) | Birth | Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (died in 1809) | |
| August 18th, 1765 (August 18 1765) | Death | Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1708) | |
| August 18th, 1754 (August 18 1754) | Birth | Francois, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (died in 1833) | |
| August 18th, 1750 (August 18 1750) | Birth | Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (died in 1825) | |
| August 18th, 1720 (August 18 1720) | Birth | Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (died in 1760) | |
| August 18th, 1712 (August 18 1712) | Death | Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier | Richard Savage Quotes |
| August 18th, 1707 (August 18 1707) | Death | William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (born in 1640) | Devo Quotes |
| August 18th, 1692 (August 18 1692) | Birth | Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (died in 1740) | |
| August 18th, 1685 (August 18 1685) | Birth | Brook Taylor, English mathematician (died in 1731) | |
| August 18th, 1683 (August 18 1683) | Death | Charles Hart, English actor (born in 1625) | |
| August 18th, 1657 (August 18 1657) | Birth | Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (died in 1743) | |
| August 18th, 1645 (August 18 1645) | Death | Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (born in 1608) | |
| August 18th, 1642 (August 18 1642) | Death | Guido Reni, Italian painter (born in 1575) | |
| August 18th, 1636 (August 18 1636) | Event | The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts was first signed. | |
| August 18th, 1634 (August 18 1634) | Event | Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun, France. | |
| August 18th, 1634 (August 18 1634) | Death | Urbain Grandier, French priest (born in 1590) | |
| August 18th, 1620 (August 18 1620) | Death | Wanli, Emperor of China (born in 1563) | |
| August 18th, 1613 (August 18 1613) | Death | Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer | |
| August 18th, 1611 (August 18 1611) | Birth | Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, queen of Poland (died in 1650) | |
| August 18th, 1606 (August 18 1606) | Birth | Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (died in 1646) | |
| August 18th, 1605 (August 18 1605) | Birth | Henry Hammond, English churchman (died in 1660) | |
| August 18th, 1596 (August 18 1596) | Birth | Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (died in 1665) | |
| August 18th, 1590 (August 18 1590) | Event | John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. | |
| August 18th, 1587 (August 18 1587) | Event | Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas. | |
| August 18th, 1587 (August 18 1587) | Event | Saul Wahl was elected King of Poland, according to legend. | |
| August 18th, 1587 (August 18 1587) | Birth | Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America (died in 1588) | |
| August 18th, 1579 (August 18 1579) | Birth | Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, Roman Catholic nun (died 1640) | |
| August 18th, 1572 (August 18 1572) | Event | Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre with Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics. | |
| August 18th, 1563 (August 18 1563) | Death | Etienne de La Boetie, French judge and writer (born in 1530) | |
| August 18th, 1559 (August 18 1559) | Death | Pope Paul IV (born in 1476) | |
| August 18th, 1541 (August 18 1541) | Event | A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541) | |
| August 18th, 1503 (August 18 1503) | Death | Pope Alexander VI (born in 1431) | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| August 18th, 1450 (August 18 1450) | Birth | Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (died in 1524) | |
| August 18th, 1430 (August 18 1430) | Death | Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (born in 1406) | |
| August 18th, 1414 (August 18 1414) | Birth | Jami, Persian poet (died in 1492) | |
| August 18th, 1318 (August 18 1318) | Death | Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268) | |
| August 18th, 1276 (August 18 1276) | Death | Pope Adrian V | |
| August 18th, 1258 (August 18 1258) | Death | Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea | |
| August 18th, 1227 (August 18 1227) | Death | Genghis Khan, Khagan of Mongol Empire | Genghis Khan Quotes |
| August 18th, 1201 (August 18 1201) | Event | The city of Riga is founded. | |
| August 18th, 0849 (August 18 0849) | Death | Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian | |
| August 18th, 0472 (August 18 0472) | Death | Ricimer, Roman general | |
| August 18th, 0353 (August 18 0353) | Death | Decentius, Roman usurper | |
| August 18th, 0293 (August 18 0293) | Event | The oldest known Roman temple to Venus was founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. | |
