August 18
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[edit] Events
- 1917 - A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
- 1946 - The Columbians, a post-war National Socialist organization formed in Atlanta, Georgia
- 2008 - Pervez Musharraf resigns as president of Pakistan.
[edit] Births
- 1587 - Virginia Dare, first child born in the Americas to English parents
- 1774 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (d. 1809)
- 1917 - Caspar Weinberger, American politician (d. 2006)
[edit] Deaths
- 1227 - Genghis Khan, Khagan of Mongol Empire
- 1990 - B.F. Skinner, American psychological theorist (b. 1904)
