What historical event happened on August 18th?

Featured Event On this day in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified after Tennessee—by just one vote—became the 36th state to approve it, capping the 72-year fight to win women the right to vote in the United States.

What happen in August 1997?

Princess Diana, 36, Killed in Car Crash (Aug. Fatally injured with two others in Paris in accident involving car being pursued by photographers on motorcycles. (Aug. 31): Prince Charles brings Princess Diana’s remains back from Paris.

What is celebrated on 18th August?

List of Holidays in August 2019

Is August 18 a special day?

National Ice Cream Pie Day is observed annually on August 18th. This is the second ice cream holiday in August and it honors a refreshing frozen dessert that comes in many delicious flavors.

Who was born on 18 August?

Birthday wishes go out to Martin Mull, Denis Leary, Robert Redford and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see more famous people turning a year older on August 18th. Movie director Roman Polanski is 85.

What was cool in 1997?

Here are six of them.

• May 11 – IBM’s Deep Blue beats Gary Kasparov, the chess champion.
• May 29 – Jeff Buckley dies.
• June 26 – Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone is published.
• August 21 – Oasis’s third album breaks a record.
• August 31 – Princess Diana is killed in a car crash.
• December 19 – Titanic premieres in the US.

Who died August 1997?

August 1997

• Angel Acuña Lizaña, 78, Mexican basketball player.
• Berta Alves de Sousa, 91, Portuguese pianist and composer.
• Kenneth W.
• Charles Brady, 71, American artist.
• Ngiratkel Etpison, 72, Palau politician.
• Bertha Isaacs, 97, Bahamian tennis player, women’s rights activist and politician.

Who died on August 18th?

Genghis Khan

• 1236 Theodorus Van Celles, monastery founder (Kruisheren), dies.
• 1258 Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea.
• 1276 Adrian V [Ottobono Fieschi], Italian Pope (7/11-8/18/1276), dies.
• 1318 Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c.

What’s my age if I was born in 1997?

The number of years from 1997 to 2021 is 24 years.

What was popular in the year 1997?

Six of the biggest pop culture moments of 1997

• May 11 – IBM’s Deep Blue beats Gary Kasparov, the chess champion.
• May 29 – Jeff Buckley dies.
• June 26 – Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone is published.
• August 21 – Oasis’s third album breaks a record.
• August 31 – Princess Diana is killed in a car crash.

What princess died in a car crash?

Princess Grace of Monaco died on this day 39 years ago.