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Wikipedia:On this day/Today. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 18 [ talk · edit · history ] August 18: Ghost Festival in China (2024) 684 – Second Fitna: Umayyad partisans defeated the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near Damascus, cementing Umayyad control of Syria. 1823 – At least 9,000 enslaved people rebelled in the ...
List of days of the year. The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Jan. 1. 2.
The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday. 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom. 1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents. [8]
2018 (Wednesday) 2017 (Tuesday) 2016 (Monday) 2015 (Saturday) April 18 is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 257 days remain until the end of the year.
April 13. April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 262 days remain until the end of the year.
1545– The English warship Mary Rosesank outside Portsmouthduring the Battle of the Solent; it was raised from the seabed in 1982 (remnants pictured). 1916– First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully attackedGerman defences at Fromelles, France.
August 10. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year.
April 29. April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.