History for August 18

History for August 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Merriwether Lewis 1774, Max Factor 1904, Caspar Weinberger 1917 


Shelley Winters 1920, Rosalynn Carter 1927, Roman Polanski 1933 


Robert Redford 1937, Martin Mull 1943, Patrick Swayze 1952 


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. 


1894 - The Bureau of Immigration was established by the U.S. Congress. 


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. 


1919 - The "Anti-Cigarette League of America" was formed in Chicago IL. 


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


1991 - An unsuccessful coup was attempted in against President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet hard-liners were responsible. Gorbechev and his family were effectively imprisoned for three days while vacationing in Crimea. 


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.