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Čo sa stalo 18. augusta?

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53 Udalosti 213 Narodení 103 Úmrtia 14 Sviatky

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Asylum seeker 2017 Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.
Pervez Musharraf 2008 Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.
Hurricane Alicia 1983 Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.
Vietnam War 1966 Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.
Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1964 East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series 1948 Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".
World War II 1945 World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.
World War II 1940 Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

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Náš zoznam pre 18. augusta obsahuje 53 udalostí z rokov 684 až 2019.

Medzi najznámejšie patria: Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland (2017); Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him (2008); Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities (1983).

Narodili sa 18. augusta: Summer McIntosh; Kevin McGonigle; Bart Verbruggen; Cassius Stanley.

Udalosti 18. augusta

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2019

    One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2).

  3. 2017

    The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.

  4. 2011

    A terrorist attack on Israel's Highway 12 near the Egyptian border kills 16 and injures 40.

  5. 2008

    The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, resigns under threat of impeachment.

  6. 2008

    War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.

  7. 2005

    A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java; affecting almost 100 million people, it is one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.

  8. 2003

    One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.

  9. 1900 – 1999
  10. 1993

    American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members.

  11. 1989

    Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.

  12. 1983

    Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).

  13. 1977

    Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.

  14. 1976

    The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.

  15. 1976

    The Soviet Union's robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon.

  16. 1973

    Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight.

  17. 1971

    Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

  18. 1966

    Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.

  19. 1965

    Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.

  20. 1963

    Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

  21. 1958

    Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.

  22. 1958

    Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors.

Narodení 18. augusta

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2006

    Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer

  3. 2004

    Kevin McGonigle, American baseball player

  4. 2002

    Bart Verbruggen, Dutch footballer

  5. 1900 – 1999
  6. 1999

    Cassius Stanley, American basketball player

  7. 1998

    Brian To'o, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

  8. 1998

    Clairo, American singer-songwriter

  9. 1998

    Nick Fuentes, American far-right political commentator

  10. 1997

    Josephine Langford, Australian actress

  11. 1997

    Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer

  12. 1995

    Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater

  13. 1995

    Parker McKenna Posey, American actress

  14. 1994

    Madelaine Petsch, American actress and YouTuber

  15. 1994

    Morgan Sanson, French footballer

  16. 1994

    Seiya Suzuki, Japanese baseball player

  17. 1993

    Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter

  18. 1993

    Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer

  19. 1992

    Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer

  20. 1992

    Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player

  21. 1992

    Frances Bean Cobain, American visual artist and model

  22. 1991

    Liz Cambage, Australian basketball player

Zomrelí 18. augusta

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2026

    Bill Rasmussen, American sports director, co-founded ESPN (born 1932)

  3. 2024

    Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (born 1916)

  4. 2024

    Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor (born 1935)

  5. 2024

    Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer (born 1935)

  6. 2023

    Lolita, the second-oldest orca in captivity (born ca. 1966)

  7. 2023

    Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (born 1923)

  8. 2020

    Ben Cross, English stage and film actor (born 1947)

  9. 2018

    Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (born 1935)

  10. 2018

    Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1938)

  11. 2017

    Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (born 1928)

  12. 2017

    Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (born 1944)

  13. 2016

    Ernst Nolte, German historian (born 1923)

  14. 2015

    Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist and author (born 1932)

  15. 2015

    Roger Smalley, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1943)

  16. 2015

    Suvra Mukherjee, wife of Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (born 1940)

  17. 2015

    Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)

  18. 2015

    Bud Yorkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)

  19. 2014

    Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (born 1930)

  20. 2014

    Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)

  21. 2014

    Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933)

Sviatky a výročia

  1. Christian feast day: Agapitus of Palestrina

  2. Christian feast day: Alberto Hurtado

  3. Christian feast day: Daig of Inniskeen

  4. Christian feast day: Evan (or Inan)

  5. Christian feast day: Fiacre

  6. Christian feast day: Florus and Laurus

  7. Christian feast day: Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)

  8. Christian feast day: August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

  9. Arbor Day (Pakistan)

  10. Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)

  11. Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)

  12. Constitution Day (Indonesia)

  13. Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)

  14. National Science Day (Thailand)

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Zdroj: Wikipedia, „Výročia dňa“.

Otázky o dni 18. augusta

1. Čo sa stalo 18. augusta?
  • 2017 – Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.
  • 2008 – Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.
  • 1983 – Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.
  • 1966 – Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.
  • 1964 – East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
2. Kto sa narodil 18. augusta?
  • 2006 – Summer McIntosh, Canadian swimmer
  • 2004 – Kevin McGonigle, American baseball player
  • 2002 – Bart Verbruggen, Dutch footballer
  • 1999 – Cassius Stanley, American basketball player
  • 1998 – Brian To'o, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
3. Kto zomrel 18. augusta?
  • 2026 – Bill Rasmussen, American sports director, co-founded ESPN (born 1932)
  • 2024 – Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (born 1916)
  • 2024 – Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor (born 1935)
  • 2024 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer (born 1935)
  • 2023 – Lolita, the second-oldest orca in captivity (born ca. 1966)
4. Čo sa oslavuje 18. augusta?
  • Christian feast day: Agapitus of Palestrina
  • Christian feast day: Alberto Hurtado
  • Christian feast day: Daig of Inniskeen
  • Christian feast day: Evan (or Inan)
  • Christian feast day: Fiacre
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