August 18 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | August 18 Calendar
August 18th Daily Holidays include:
- Bad Poetry Day
- Birth Control Pills Day
- Helium Discovery Day
- Mail Order Catalog Day
- National Badge Ribbon Day
- National Fajita Day
- National Ice Cream Pie Day
- National Men’s Grooming Day – August 18, 2023 (Third Friday in August)
- Never Give Up Day
- Pinot Noir Day
- Serendipity Day
- Statehood Day in Hawaii – August 18, 2023 (Third Friday in August)
August 18: Famous Birthdays
- August 18, 1587 – Virginia Dare, First English child born in the New World
- August 18, 1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (Max Factor Cosmetics) (d. 1996)
- August 18, 1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (The Poseidon Adventure) (d. 2006)
- August 18, 1936 – Robert Redford, American actor, director and producer who founded the Sundance Film Festival (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- August 18, 1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (Dirty Dancing) (d. 2009)
- August 18, 1957 – Denis Leary, American actor, producer, screenwriter and comedian (Rescue Me)
- August 18, 1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress (The Last of the Mohicans)
August 18: Historical Events
- August 18, 1590 – The Governor of the Roanoke Colony, John White returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted
- August 18, 1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain
- August 18, 1868 – Helium is discovered by French astronomer Pierre Janssen
- August 18, 1891 – Martinique suffers a major hurricane strike that kills 700
- August 18, 1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho claims to fly his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight made by the Wright brothers
- August 18, 1917 – Thessaloniki, Greece has a fire that destroys 32% of the City leaving 70,000 residents homeless
- August 18, 1920 – Women’s suffrage is guaranteed when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified
- August 18, 1938 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting New York in the United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River
- August 18, 1971 – Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam
- August 18, 1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over $1 billion in damages
- August 18, 2005 – One of the largest and most widespread power outages in history hits the Indonesian island of Java affecting over 100 million people
August 18: Music Events
- August 18, 1973 – Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross hits #1
- August 18, 1977 – Elvis Presley’s funeral is held at Graceland where 75,000 fans are outside and 150 guests are inside
- August 18, 1979 – Good Times by Chic hits #1
- August 18, 1984 – Red Hot Chili Peppers release their self-title debut album
- August 18, 2011 – A stage collapses during a severe storm while Chicago band Smith Westerns are performing, four are killed and over 70 injured
August 18: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for August 18 is Leo.
August Birthstone:
What is the August Birthstone? Peridot
Peridot. The modern August birthstone, peridot has been prized as a jewelry stone since ancient times. Always green in color but with considerable variations, a peridot’s particular shade depends on its source.
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