August 18th
Today in America's Present Past
1587 | First English child born in the New World, Virginia Dare.
1774 | Explorer Meriwether Lewis was born
1790 | POTUS: President Washington wrote the synagogue of Rhode Island, extolling the virtue of pluralism and religious tolerance.
1803 | SCOTUS: Justice Nathan Clifford was born.
1834 | Entrepreneur Marshall Field was born.
1840 | The American Society of Dental Surgeons was founded.
1862 | Indian Wars: The Dakota War starts.
1872 | Entrepreneur Aaron Montgomery Ward issues the first "catalog.”
1900 | Civil Rights: Riots begin in Liberty County, Georgia.
1907 | Composer Howard Swanson was born.
1909 | The Mayor of Tokyo, Yukio Ozaki, presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees.
1920 | Actress Shelley Winters was born.
1920 | The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.
1927 | First Lady Rosalynn Carter was born.
1936 | Actor Robert Redford was born.
1940 | Entrepreneur Walter Chrysler died.
1946 | The Golf Writers Association of America formed.
1952 | Actor Patrick Swayze was born.
1958 | Vladimir Nabokov publishes "Lolita.”
1961 | Judge Learned Hand died.
1969 | Actor Christian Slater was born.
1969 | Actor Edward Norton was born.
1970 | Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner was born.
1978 | Actor Andy Samberg was born.
1990 | Psychologist B.F. Skinner died.
2009 | Journalist Robert Novak died.
2024 | Media personality Phil Donahue died.