August 18-National Days, Birthday and Important Past Events

August 18 2023 is Friday. Holidays & Observances, National and Special Days, Major Past Events, Zodiac Sign, Birthday of Celebrity & famous personalities on this date

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Holidays, Observances of Special Day & National Day on August 18

Find out about important past events, festivals, funny, weird, national days, special days & Holidays happening around the world in different countries on this day

230th day of the Gregorian Calendar
Western Zodiac- Leo
National Couple’s Day
National Fajita Day
National Ice Cream Pie Day
National Mail Order Catalog Day
Men’s Grooming Day
Never Give Up Day
Serendipity Day

Past events and historical events on August 18

2005-Indonesia suffers a Massive Power Outage and the Java-Bali outage affected about 100 million people.
1958-Lolita is First Published in the US which was the highly controversial novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabakov.
1956-Indian cricketer Sandeep Patil was born in Mumbai. He scored 1588 runs in 29 Test matches.
1951-Indian Institute of Technology IIT) was established in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
1920-The State of Tennessee Passes the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which provided the necessary majority to ratify the amendment, which extended universal suffrage to women.
1900-Indian politician Vijayalakshmi Pandit, sister of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was born.
1877-One of the two natural satellites of Mars Martian Moon Phobos is Discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall. Hall also discovered Deimos.
1868-During the total solar eclipse in Guntur, India, astronomer Pierre Zainsen discovered helium by analyzing the sun’s ocrromosphor.

Famous Personalities & Celebrities Birthday on August 18

Famous Celebrities birthdays on 18th August– Henry G. Sanders, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Martin Mull, Denis Leary, Madeleine Stowe, Ardeshir Tarapore, Felipe Calderon, Mishal Raheja, Craig Bierko, Everlast, Preeti Jhangiani, Masta Killa, Edward Norton, Sandeep Patil
, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Gulzar aka Sampooran Singh Kalra, Sangeeta Ghosh

1983-Cameron White-Australian cricketer
1966– Indian Vankadarath Saritha- Driver- India
1962-Felipe Calderon-56th President of Mexico
1956- Indian -Sandeep Patil- Cricketer- India
1946- Indian -Aruna Irani- Actress- India
1933-Roman Polanski-French/Polish director, writer, actor, producer
1923 Indian -A. B. Tarapore- Soldier- India
1910-Herman Berlinski-Polish/American composer
1900- Indian -Vijay Lakshmi Pandit- Politician- India
1750-Antonio Salieri-Italian composer
1700- Indian -Baji Rao I- Emperor- India

FAQ / People Also

1. Which Day is 18th August 2023?

18th August is Friday
230th day of the Gregorian calendar
Western Zodiac- Leo

2. Special Day on August 18?

On August 18, people from all over the world will come together to celebrate Never Give Up Day, which is held every year to encourage people to keep going even when things get tough.

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