August 18th, 1877

Born on August 18th, 1877

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What happened on August 18th, 1877?

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovers Phobos, one of Mars's moons.

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August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

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What else happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 18th

Same year
Born in 1877

85

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

*July 2nd, 1877, Calw †August 9th, 1962, Montagnola

75

Raoul Dufy

French painter (1877–1953)

*June 3rd, 1877, Le Havre †March 23rd, 1953, Forcalquier

50

Isadora Duncan

American dancer and choreographer

*May 26th, 1877, San Francisco †September 14th, 1927, Nice

82

James Montgomery Flagg

American artist (1877-1960)

*June 18th, 1877, Pelham Manor †May 25th, 1960, New York City

82

Roelof Klein

Dutch rower (1877-1960)

*June 7th, 1877, Lemmer †February 13th, 1960, Montclair

58

O.P. Heggie

American actor (1877-1936)

*September 17th, 1877, Angaston †February 7th, 1936, Los Angeles

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

67

Charles Glover Barkla

English physicist (1877-1944)

*June 7th, 1877, Widnes †October 23rd, 1944, Edinburgh

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

69

Giuseppe Volpi

Italian businessman and politician (1877-1947)

*November 19th, 1877, Venice †November 16th, 1947, Rome

92

Laura Knight

English artist (1877-1970)

*August 4th, 1877, Long Eaton †July 7th, 1970, London

68

Francis William Aston

British chemist (1877-1945)

*September 1st, 1877, Harborne †November 20th, 1945, Cambridge

89

Leonhard Seppala

Norwegian musher

*September 14th, 1877, Skibotn †January 28th, 1967, Seattle

70

G.H. Hardy

British mathematician (1877–1947)

*February 7th, 1877, Cranleigh †December 1st, 1947, Cambridge

64

Hendrik Bolkestein

Dutch classical scholar

*December 18th, 1877, Amsterdam †July 24th, 1942, Utrecht

93

Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist

*January 22nd, 1877, Tinglev Municipality †June 3rd, 1970, Munich

69

Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

*March 12th, 1877, Alsenz †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

91

Kees van Dongen

Dutch painter (1877–19999)

*January 26th, 1877, Delfshaven †May 28th, 1968, Monte Carlo

81

Enrico de Nicola

President of Italy from 1946 to 1948

*November 9th, 1877, Naples †October 1st, 1959, Torre del Greco

63

Rudolf Hilferding

German politician (1877-1941)

*August 10th, 1877, Vienna †February 11th, 1941, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1877 is a normal year and no leap year.

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