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August 18 Deaths in History - August 18 Birthdays - August 18 Events
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August 18, 2004 Elmer Bernstein, composer, Thoroughly Modern Millie, dies at 82 August 18, 1998 Persis Khambatta, actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, dies at 47 August 18, 1996 Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103 August 18, 1996 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi, dies at 66 August 18, 1996 Thoams Eric Evans, dean of St. Paul's, dies at 68 August 18, 1995 James Ackley Maxwell, actor and director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66 August 18, 1995 Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer, dies at 39 August 18, 1994 Gottlob Frick, singer, dies at 88 August 18, 1994 Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies August 18, 1994 John Beavan, newspaper Editor, dies at 84 August 18, 1994 Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent, dies at 56 August 18, 1994 Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, chromatographer, dies at 79 August 18, 1993 Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 August 18, 1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies August 18, 1992 John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82 August 18, 1991 Vaughn Shoemaker, U.S. cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies August 18, 1990 B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86 August 18, 1990 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies August 18, 1989 Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies August 18, 1989 Luis Carlos Galan, Colombian presidential candidate, murdered August 18, 1988 Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42 August 18, 1988 Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83 August 18, 1982 Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87 August 18, 1981 Anita Loos, U.S. (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 August 18, 1980 Norman Cazden, composer, dies at 65 August 18, 1977 Tibor Dery, writer, dies at 82 August 18, 1969 Laci Boldemann, composer, dies at 48 August 18, 1969 Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68 August 18, 1969 Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81 August 18, 1968 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52 August 18, 1966 Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80 August 18, 1966 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75 August 18, 1962 Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68 August 18, 1961 Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89 August 18, 1961 Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78 August 18, 1957 Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer, dies at 41 August 18, 1952 Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at 43 August 18, 1950 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered August 18, 1949 Paul J Mares, U.S. jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49 August 18, 1944 Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 87 August 18, 1944 Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies August 18, 1943 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide August 18, 1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 August 18, 1940 Walter Chrysler, American Inventor August 18, 1934 Delilah L Beasley, U.S. author/columnist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 61 August 18, 1922 William Henry Hudson, British Author August 18, 1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 August 18, 1915 Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Rubab-i Sjikeste), dies at 47 August 18, 1907 John Kerr, physicist (magneto-optic Kerr-effect), dies at 82 August 18, 1901 Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54 August 18, 1896 Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88 August 18, 1894 William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57 August 18, 1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle August 18, 1870 John P. Kennedy, American Soldier August 18, 1863 Thomas Welsh, U.S. Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39 August 18, 1853 Peter Lichtenthal, composer, dies at 73 August 18, 1850 H de Balzac, writer, dies at 51 August 18, 1850 Honore de Balzac, French Novelist August 18, 1840 Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 August 18, 1811 Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78 August 18, 1803 James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 August 18, 1765 Frans I Stefanus, RC German emperor (1745-65), dies at 56 August 18, 1652 Benjamin G Cuyp, historical painter, dies at about 40 August 18, 1559 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83 August 18, 1503 Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies August 18, 1276 Adrian V, [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies August 18, 1236 Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies August 18, 1227 Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies |