It happened that day on August 18
Events:
1807 – The start of the first regular steam trips, invented by the American engineer Robert Fluntuon, thus discussing with mechanical payment.
1920 – A meeting between the Egyptian delegation led by Saad Zaghloul and the British delegation in order to put the form of recognition of the independence of Egypt.
1927 – King Mohammed V takes over the reins of the government in Morocco.
1964 – South Africa is prevented from participating in the eighteen Olympic Games held in Tokyo because of its refusal to condemn the policy of racist discrimination. The election of Charles Helou as President of the Lebanese Republic.
1992 – Declaration of bankruptcy of the Giant Society of Information Technologies “Wang”.
2008 – Pakistani president Paris Musharraf resigns from his position after the intensification of political pressure demanding his resignation or dismissal.
2011 – Israeli military unit kills and struck a number of Egyptian soldiers on the Egyptian / Israeli border.
2013 – The conclusion of the 2013 world athletics championship in Moscow and the victory of Russia in most gold medals.
2017 – Two people were killed and ten others were injured due to a call by a young Moroccan in the Finnish city of Turku.
2018 – The former Imran Khan cricket player officially becomes Prime Minister in Pakistan.
✴️ The start of the 2018 Asian Games held between August 18 and September 2 in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
2020 – The Lebanon International Court rendered its decision to be found guilty of Salim Ayyash on the accused’s list, in the case of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
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Born:
1414 – Abdul Rahman al -jami, Persian poet.
1611 – Queen Maria Louisa Gonzaga, Queen of Poland.
1792 – John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1830 – Franz Joseph I, Emperor of the Hungarian Austro -Empire.
1920 – Chile Winters, an American actress.
1922 – Khaled Muhyiddin, Egyptian soldier and politician and member of the movement of free officers.
1924 – Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and writer.
1925 – Brian Aldis, English writer.
1927 – Rosalin Smith Carter, wife of the American president Jimmy Carter.
1933 – Roman Bolanski, Polish director and actor.
** Gast Fontaine, a French football player.
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor and director.
1941 – Mohamed Ghannouchi, Tunisian politician.
1943 – Roberto Rosato, Italian football player.
** Jani Rivera, an Italian football player.
1946 – Ibrahim Nasr, Egyptian actor.
1952 – Patrick Sweise, actor, singer, singer and singer -songwriter.
1955 – Taher al -jamal, American scientist of Egyptian origin in the science of blindness.
1958 – Madeleine Sto, an American actress.
1961 – Hayam Tohme, Syrian actress and singer.
1962 – Felipe Calderon, president of Mexico.
1968 – Khaled al -Baltan is a Saudi businessman and head of the youth club
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor.
1976 – Paraskifas Antzas, Greek football player.
1978 – Shadi Muqrash, a Syrian actor.
1980 – Estaban Campyasu, Argentinian football player.
1981 – Laila al -atrash, a Syrian actress. Cesar Delgado, Argentinian football player.
** Dimitris Salbingides, Greek football player.
1983 – Mika, British singer of Lebanese origin. Randa al-Behairi, an Egyptian actress.
1984 – Robert Hath, a German football player.
1986 – Ross McCcurcak, an Scottish football player.
1987 – Mika Burma, American actress.
1988 – Jack Hobbes, an English football player. G-Dragon, singer and member of Big Bang.
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Mortality:
1227 – Gengis Khan, Mongol Commander.
1503 – Pope Iskandar VI, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
1765 – Francis I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1850 – Honori de Balzac, French writer.
1952 – Sultan Ibrahim al -kulaib, economic and political Kuwaiti.
1992 – Christopher Johnson Mixells, American Adventuriner.
2000 – Marzouq al Marzouq, Kuwaitian composer.
2009 – Kim Day Jong, President of South Korea, Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.
2015 – Khaled Al -Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist who was killed by Isis.
2018 – Kofi Annan, Ghani Diplomat and the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations.
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Holidays and events:
National day in Afghanistan.
