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What happened in history on this day: August 18?
On August 18 in ...
- 1958 - American TV game show scandal investigation starts.
Births on August 18
- 1896 - Birth of Alan Mowbray in London, England; actor (Dante, Colonel Flack).
- 1900 - Birth of Walter O'Keefe in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood).
- 1906 - Birth of Andre Van Gyseghem in England; actor (Search for the Nile).
- 1922 - Birth of Shelley Winters AKA Shirley Schrift in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Poseidon Adventure, Nana Mary - Roseanne).
- 1930 - Birth of Grant Williams in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Greg - Hawaiian Eye).
- 1933 - Birth of Roman Polanski in Paris, France; film director (Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown).
- 1935 - Birth of Gail Fisher in Orange, New Jersey, USA; actress (Peggy - Mannix).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Redford in California, USA; actor (The Sting, The Candidate, The Natural, The Great Gatsby, Iconoclasts, The Iceman Cometh).
- 1941 - Birth of Christopher Jones in Jackson, Tennessee, USA; actor (Wild in the Streets, Legend of Jesse James).
- 1942 - Birth of Henry G. Sanders; actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman).
- 1943 - Birth of Martin Mull in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial, Rosanne, The Ellen Show, Fernwood Tonight).
- 1951 - Birth of Candice Earley; actress (Donna Tyler - All My Children).
- 1952 - Birth of Patrick Swayze in Houston, Texas, USA; actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghostm The Beast, North and South).
- 1957 - Birth of Denis Leary; comedian-actor (Rescue Me).
- 1958 - Birth of Madeleine Stowe; actress (Raines, Beulah Land).
- 1961 - Birth of John Viscardi in New York City, USA; actor (Father Tony - One Life to Live).
- 1961 - Birth of Bob Woodruff; ABC News reporter.
- 1965 - Birth of Craig Bierko; actor (Sex and the City, Boston Legal).
- 1968 - Birth of Greta Lind; actress (Katie Kennicott - All My Children).
- 1969 - Birth of Edward Norton; actor (Strange Days on Planet Earth).
- 1969 - Birth of Christian Slater; actor (Legend of Billie Jean, My Own Worst Enemy, The Forgotten).
- 1970 - Birth of Malcolm Jamal Warner in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Theodore - Cosby Show, Malcolm and Eddie).
- 1971 - Birth of Trey Ames in Canton, Ohio, USA; actor (David - A Year in the Life).
- 1978 - Birth of Andy Samberg; comedian (Saturday Night Live).
- 1995 - Birth of Parker McKenna Posey; actress (My Wife and Kids).
Deaths on August 18
- 1952 - Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at age 43.
- 1992 - Death of John Sturges, American director (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven) (born 1911).
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