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What happened in history on this day: August 18?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On August 18 in ...
- 1997 - Advanced Micro Devices announces that IBM will use the K6 processor in low-end models of the Aptiva line.
- 1997 - Intel announces availability of a 200 MHz Pentium Pro processor with 1 MB of cache memory. Price is US$2675 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - Some personal computer manufacturers in the US begin shipping computers running Windows Me operating system.
- 2004 - Microsoft releases Windows XP Service Pack 2 for automatic updates.
- 1925 - Disney ships the Alice Comedy film Alice Chops the Suey to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1930 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Chain Gang. This film debuts Pluto the dog, though he is not named.
- 1931 - The Mickey Mouse film Blue Rhythm is released to theaters.
- 1941 - Roy Disney orders film directors to close almost the entire studio while he went to Washington DC to see the head of Concilation Service, and until the federal conciliator arrived in Los Angeles.
- 1945 - Disney re-releases the film Pinocchio in theaters in New York.
- 1956 - The Carnation Plaza Gardens eatery and entertainment area opens on the hub at Disneyland.
- 1986 - The Crockett's Tavern food facility opens at Fort Wilderness Resort at Walt Disney World. Former name was Campfire Snack Bar.
- 1989 - Disney releases the film Planes for educational use. The film is part of the "Goofy's Field Trips" series.
- 1989 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution re-releases the animated short film Mickey and the Seal to theaters, with the film Cheetah.
- 1989 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Cheetah to theaters in the USA.
- 1991 - Suncoast, through Prodigy Services network, offers Fantasia on pre-order for US$16.99.
- 1994 - Disney releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in Norway.
- 1998 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Kundun on videocassette.
- 1998 - Hollywood Pictures Home Video releases the film An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn on videcassette.
- 1957 - In Montgomery, a car race is held for B-Production and C-Production cars.
- 1st overall is Bark Henry in a Corvette.
- 2nd overall is Dick Thompson in a Corvette.
- 3rd overall is Dean McCarthy in a Corvette.
- 2000 - At the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, the 27th Annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races are held, over three days.
- In the class 1952-1962 GT Cars over 2000 CC, first place winner is #58 Noel Park in his 1958 Corvette.
- Finishing second is #59 Ron Cressey in his 1959 Corvette.
- Finishing third is #614 Steve Earle in his 1959 Corvette.
- Finishing fourth is #9 Bob Paterson in his 1957 Corvette.
- Finishing fifth is #43 Ken Epsman in his 1957 Corvette.
- 2001 - At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Johnson Controls 100 race is held, Round 8 of the Trans-Am Series For the BFGoodrich Tires Cup.
- Finishing 4th is the Banner Engineering #66 Corvette, driven by Leighton Reese.
- In 10th place, but not finishing the race, is the LG Motorsports / G2 Performance Parts #28 Corvette, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- In 15th place, but not finishing the race, is the Justin Bell Motorsports Experience #40 Corvette, driven by Justin Bell.
- In 16th place, but not finishing the race, is the Cenweld Corp / McNichols #23 Corvette, driven by Bob Ruman.
- In 18th place, but not finishing the race, is the Stonier Transportation #59 Corvette, driven by Simon Gregg.
- In 24th place, but not finishing the race, is the Preformed Line Products #49 Corvette, driven by Randy Ruhlman.
- In 28th place, but not finishing the race, is the C&P Installations #67 Corvette, driven by Chris Pederson.
- In 32nd place, but not finishing the race, is the Beck Engineering #32 Corvette, driven by Steve Beck.
- 2001 - At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the GT3 Grand Prix race is held, round five of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 3rd in GTS class and 9th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R, driven by Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins.
- 2002 - At Pebble Beach, the Concours d'Elegance car show is held. A group of about 12 historic Corvettes are displayed. They include: 1953 Motorama Corvette, 1971 SCCA A-Production champion 1969 L88, 1966 Roger Penske first L88, 1962 Corvette with 11,700 miles, and 1999 Callaway Corvette.
- 2002 - At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the Grand Prix at Mosport race is held, round seven of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 8th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R, driven by Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins.
- 2020 - General Motors issues recall N202311160 for 2020 model Corvette. Trunk door could flip up at speed if not properly latched.
- 1938 - German General Ludwig Beck submits his resignation as Chief of General Staff to Walther von Brauchitsch. Adolf Hitler agrees to accept it only if Beck keeps it secret.
- 1938 - US President Franklin Roosevelt in Ontario, Canada, says "the United States will not stand idly by" if Canada is attacked.
- 1939 - German troops occupy Slovakia.
- 1941 - In England, the Butt Report on aerial photography of night bombing in June-July is released. one-quarter of crews claiming to reach targets actually did. In raids over the Ruhr, one in ten bombers dropped bombs within five miles of targets.
- 1942 - General Bernard Montgomery takes command of the British 8th Army in Egypt.
- 1942 - Britain's Security Intelligence Service radios Berlin, Germany, telling of a commando raid on Dieppe for dawn on the 19th. The message is sent via a captured German radio, and the raid is scheduled for the 18th.
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive 45, dealing with elimination of partisans in Russia.
- 1942 - (evening) The Dieppe raid force of 4963 in LCTanks departs from England across the English Channel.
- 1943 - (0017-0043 hours) Operation Hydra takes place, 597 British bombers in three waves attack the German rocket research site at Peenemünde targeting scientists' housing, the rocket-production plant, and the Experimental Works. 40 planes are shot down during the raid. Eight Mosquito planes make a diversionary attack on Berlin, dropping "Window" reflective strips to fool radar operators into reporting a major attack there.
- 1944 - In the Bay of Biscay, off France, Canadian destroyers Ottawa, Kootenay, and Chaudiere sink German submarine U-621.
- 1944 - Over 4,000 French political prisoners are released from prisons in Paris, France, by their German guards, under a deal worked out between Swedish Consul-General Raoul Nordling and German commander of Paris, von Choltitz.
- 1944 - (1315 hours) In France, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division captures Trun, southeast of Falaise.
- 1944 - (evening) 288 British Lancaster bombers attack Bremen, Germany, inflicting great damage.
- 1944 - (night) Germans in the Falaise pocket continue their withdrawal.
- 1989 - The Soviet Government acknowledges for the first time since the end of the war that they and Germany secretly and illegally divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence before the start of the war.
- 1982 - Atari announces it has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to market video games based on the film E.T. the Extraterrestrial.
- 1992 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat video game Version 2.0 to arcades in the US.
- 1995 - New Line Cinema releases the film Mortal Kombat to theaters in the USA.
- 2004 - Nintendo drops the price of the GameCube in Canada to CDN$139, including Metroid Prime.
- 2005 - Capcom releases the Darkwatch video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2009 - Sony Entertainment announces price cuts on the PlayStation 3; in Europe to 299 euros, in the USA to US$299, and in the UK to 249.99 pounds. A new thinner lighter model will be produced with a 120 GB hard drive.
- 2010 - Square Enix releases the Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 1857 - Thomas Graham, Master of the Royal Mint announces a forthcoming issue of 15,000 pounds sterling worth each of 5c and 10c pieces, and 2,000 pounds sterling of 20c pieces.
- 1960 - In Sherbrooke, Quebec, the Canadian Numismatic Accociation holds its convention.
- 1960 - At the CNA convention, British coin company B.A. Seaby displays the 1911 $1 silver pattern. Seaby offers it for sale at $1600, without success.
- 1967 - The Federal Finance Minister announces a special interim issue of 0.500 fine 10c and 25c silver-copper alloy coins will be used before pure nickel coins are issued. The delay is to allow more time for the vending machine industry to convert its machines to accept nickel coins.
- 2006 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins striking the 2006 $2 circulating coin.
- 1793 - The Philadelphia Mint closes due to a yellow fever epidemic.
- 1942 - The Philadelphia Mint begins minting Jefferson 5-cent coins in wartime silver alloy (56 percent copper, 35 percent silver, 9 percent manganese), with large mint mark from each Mint above the reverse building.
- 2011 - The US Mint announces it has awarded a contract to Concurrent Technologies to research alternative metals of for US coinage.
- 2021 - Heritage Auctions' American Numismatic Association Platinum Night auction. 1794 dollar, Flowing Hair, MS-66+ PCGS: US$6.6 million.
- 1866 - In Buffalo, New York, horse Dexter runs the mile under saddle in 2:18 minutes.
- 1941 - Philadelphia Phillies commit 8 errors in a game.
- 1946 - Golf Writers Associaton of America formed.
- 1956 - Cincinnati Reds (8) and Chicago Cubs (2) combine to hit ten home runs in a 9-inning game.
- 1957 - Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252 feet 4.5 inches).
- 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio wins his last auto World Championship at age 46.
- 1965 - Hank Aaron loses a home run, because he hit it while standing out of the batter's box.
- 1967 - Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro's left cheekbone is shattered by a fastball thrown by California Angels' pitcher Jack Hamilton, causing him to miss the rest of the 1967 season and all of 1968.
- 1973 - Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record.
- 1982 - Passing Hank Aaron, Pete Rose becomes the all-time leader in plate appearances when he steps up the plate for the 13,941st time.
- 1982 - Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started August 17).
- 1989 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankees' manager.
- 1989 - Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets the 10 km record (27:08.23) in Berlin, Germany.
- 1991 - Pan Am games close in Havana, Cuba.
- 2006 - At Fenway Park, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 14-11 in the longest nine-inning game in Major Leage history, at 4 hours and 45 minutes.
- 2018 - (to September 2) The 2018 Asian Games are held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
- 2022 - At Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, USA, National Football League pre-season game: Chicago Bears beats Seattle Seahawks by score 27-11.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats San Diego Padres by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats New York Mets by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Kansas City Royals by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats New York Yankees by score 9-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Boston Red Sox by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Baltimore Orioles by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Chicago White Sox by score 21-5.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Oakland Athletics by score 10-3.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Colorado Rockies by score 13-0.
- 1686 - Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus.
- 1868 - Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse.
- 1960 - First photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- 1976 - USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon.
- 2008 - Russian Proton Breeze M rocket launches one of the biggest commercial satellites ever built - the Inmarsat-4 (I4-F3). The telecommunications satellite is 7m long, with a 9m wide antenna reflector. Inmarsat's network delivers high-speed mobile internet and phone services to users on land, at sea and in the air.
- 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 and causing extensive damage.
- 1984 - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Florida, spills 2.5 million gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire.
- 2007 - Typhoon Sepat makes landfall in eastern Taiwan.
- 1817 - Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tell of wild sea serpent seen offshore.
- 1835 - Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago, Illinois.
- 1838 - First US marine expedition.
- 1846 - General Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- 1864 - Petersburg Campaign - Battle of Weldon Railroad day one of three days.
- 1873 - First ascent of Mount Whitney, California (14,494 feet).
- 1894 - US Congress creates Bureau of Immigration.
- 1914 - President Woodrow Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality.
- 1920 - Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right.
- 1930 - Eastern Airlines begins passenger service.
- 1938 - Canadian Prime Minister William King and US President Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US and Canada.
- 1938 - US President Franklin Roosevelt in Ontario, Canada, says "the United States will not stand idly by" if Canada is attacked.
- 1958 - American TV game show scandal investigation starts.
- 1960 - First commercially-produced oral contraceptive marketed by G.D. Searle Drug Company of Skokie, Illinois, called Enovid 10.
- 1960 - First photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- 1982 - First time NYSE trading volume tops 100 million figure, 132.69 million shares traded during business day.
- 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 and causing extensive damage.
- 1984 - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Florida, spills 2.5 million gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire.
- 1988 - American FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment.
- 1988 - Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island, New York sells for $22 million.
- 1988 - The Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana nominates George H.W. Bush for President and James "Dan" Quayle for Vice President of the United States of America.
- 1992 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
- 2005 - In the USA, BTK killer Dennis Rader receives ten consecutive life sentences.
- 2021 - Heritage Auctions' American Numismatic Association Platinum Night auction. USA 1794 dollar, Flowing Hair, MS-66+ PCGS: US$6.6 million.
Other history:
- 1587 - First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare).
- 1834 - Mt Vesuvius erupts.
- 2008 - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announces his resignation. Speaker of the Pakistani Senate, Muhammad Mian Sumroo, takes over as caretaker president.
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