{"id":23034,"date":"2020-08-18T06:13:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23034"},"modified":"2020-08-17T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T12:50:13","slug":"history-of-18-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-18-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 18 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1990 &#8211; The first shots were fired by\nthe&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;in the Persian Gulf Crisis when a&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;frigate\nfired rounds across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker.<\/li><li>1991 &#8211; An unsuccessful coup was\nattempted in against President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet hard-liners\nwere responsible. Gorbechev and his family were effectively imprisoned for\nthree days while vacationing in Crimea.<\/li><li>1992 &#8211; Larry Bird, after 13 years\nwith the Boston Celtics, announced his retirement.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Beth Ann Hogan became the\nfirst coed in the Virginia Military Institute&#8217;s 158-year history.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Patrick Swayze received a\nstar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; Mrs. Field&#8217;s Original Cookies\nannounced that they would acquire the Great American Cookie Co.<\/li><li>2004 &#8211; Donald Trump unveiled his\nboard game (TRUMP the Game) where players bid on real estate, buy big ticket\nitems and make billion-dollar business deals. <\/li><li>2005&nbsp;\u2013 A&nbsp;massive power blackout&nbsp;hits\n     the&nbsp;Indonesian&nbsp;island of&nbsp;Java, affecting almost\n     100&nbsp;million people,&nbsp;one of the largest and most\n     widespread&nbsp;power outages in history.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2008&nbsp;\u2013 President of Pakistan&nbsp;Pervez\n     Musharraf&nbsp;resigns under&nbsp;threat of impeachment.<\/li><li>2008 \u2013 War of Afghanistan:&nbsp;Uzbin Valley\n     ambush&nbsp;occurs.<\/li><li>2017&nbsp;\u2013 The&nbsp;first terrorist attack&nbsp;ever\n     sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.<\/li><li>2019&nbsp;\u2013 100 activists, officials, and other\n     concerned citizens in&nbsp;Iceland&nbsp;hold a funeral for&nbsp;Okj\u00f6kull\n     glacier, which has completely melted after once covering six square miles\n     (15.5 km<sup>2<\/sup>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0C\u00e9sar Delgado, Argentinian footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mika, Lebanese-born English recording artist and singer-songwriter\u00a0<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_18#cite_note-21\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Cameron White, Australian cricketer<\/li><li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sigourney Bandjar, Dutch footballer<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Robert Huth, German footballer<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Evan Gattis, American baseball player<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer<\/li><li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joanna J\u0119drzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist<\/li><li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jack Hobbs, English footballer<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Eggert J\u00f3nsson, Icelandic footballer<\/li><li>1988 \u2013\u00a0G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer<\/li><li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer<\/li><li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107, Serbian basketball player<\/li><li>1993\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter<\/li><li>1993 \u2013\u00a0Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_18#cite_note-22\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>1994\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Morgan Sanson, French footballer<\/li><li>1995\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Al\u012bna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater<\/li><li>1997\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1990 &#8211; The first shots were fired by the&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;in the Persian Gulf Crisis when a&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;frigate fired rounds across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker. 1991 &#8211; An unsuccessful coup was attempted in against President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet hard-liners were responsible. 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