History for August 18

History for August 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Merriwether Lewis 1774, Caspar Weinberger 1917, Shelley Winters 1920


Roman Polanski 1933, Robert Redford 1937, Martin Mull 1943


1227 - The Mongol conqueror Ghengis Khan died.


1587 - Virginia Dare became the first child to be born on American soil of English parents. The colony that is now Roanoke Island, NC, mysteriously vanished.


1914 - The "Proclamation of Neutrality" was issued by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. It was aimed at keeping the U.S. out of World War I.


1920 - Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment guaranteed the right of all American women to vote.


1937 - The first FM radio construction permit was issued in Boston, MA. The station went on the air two years later.


1958 - Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" was published.


1963 - James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi. He was the first black man to accomplish this feat.


2004 - Donald Trump unveiled his board game (TRUMP the Game) where players bid on real estate, buy big ticket items and make billion-dollar business deals.