It happened on this day, August 18th.
Events:
1807 – The first voyage of a regular steamship, invented by American engineer Robert Fulton, begins, ushering in the era of mechanically powered navigation.
1920 – Meeting between the Egyptian delegation, led by Saad Zaghloul, and the British delegation, in order to formulate a formula for the recognition of Egypt's independence.
1927 – King Mohammed V takes over the government of Morocco.
1964 – South Africa is prevented from participating in the XVIII Olympic Games in Tokyo because of its refusal to condemn the policy of racial discrimination. Charles Hélou is elected President of the Lebanese Republic.
1992 – Information technology giant “WANG” declares bankruptcy.
2008 – Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigns after mounting political pressure demanding his resignation or dismissal.
2011 – An Israeli military unit kills and wounds a number of Egyptian soldiers on the Egyptian-Israeli border.
2013 – The 2013 World Championships in Athletics conclude in Moscow with Russia winning most of the gold medals.
2017 – Two people were killed and ten others injured following a stabbing incident committed by a young Moroccan man in the Finnish city of Turku.
2018 – Former cricketer Imran Khan officially becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
✴️ The start of the 2018 Asian Games, held between August 18 and September 2 in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
2020 – The Special International Tribunal for Lebanon issues its judgment convicting Salim Ayyash, among the list of defendants, in the case of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Births:
1414 – Abd al-Rahman al-Jami, Persian poet.
1611 – Queen Maria Luisa Gonzaga, Queen of Poland.
1792 – John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1830 – Francis Joseph I, Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress.
1922 – Khaled Mohieddin, Egyptian military man and politician and member of the Free Officers Movement.
1924 – Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and writer.
1925 – Brian Aldiss, English writer.
1927 – Rosalynn Smith Carter, wife of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
1933 – Roman Polanski, Polish film director and actor.
** Just Fontaine, French footballer.
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor and director.
1941 – Mohamed Ghannouchi, Tunisian politician.
1943 – Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer.
** Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer.
1946 – Ibrahim Nasr, Egyptian actor.
1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, dancer, and songwriter.
1955 – Taher El-Gamal, an Egyptian-American cryptography scientist.
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress.
1961 – Hiyam Touma, Syrian actress and singer.
1962 – Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico.
1968 – Khaled Al-Baltan, Saudi businessman and chairman of Al-Shabab club
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor.
1976 – Paraskevas Antzas, Greek footballer.
1978 – Shadi Muqresh, Syrian actor.
1980 – Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian footballer.
1981 – Lilia Al-Atrash, Syrian actress. César Delgado, Argentine footballer.
** Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer.
1983 – Mika, British singer of Lebanese origin. Randa El-Behairy, Egyptian actress.
1984 – Robert Huth, German footballer.
1986 – Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer.
1987 – Mika Borum, American actress.
1988 – Jack Hobbs, English footballer. G-Dragon, singer and member of Big Bang.
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Death:
1227 – Genghis Khan, Mongol commander.
1503 – Pope Alexander VI, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
1765 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
1850 – Honoré de Balzac, French writer.
1952 – Sultan Ibrahim Al-Kulaib, Kuwaiti economist and politician.
1992 – Christopher Johnson McCandless, American adventurer.
2000 – Marzouq Al-Marzouq, Kuwaiti composer.
2009 – Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.
2015 – Khaled Al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist killed by the Islamic State.
2018 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ National Day in Afghanistan.
