^{Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) and Susan B. Anthony, suffragists}

Today in History

• Virginia Dare becomes the first English child born in the Americas (1587)
• A supply trip from England arrives to discover the Roanoke Colony has been deserted (1590)
• The Pendle witch trials begins (1612)
• The US ratifies the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote (1920)
• Nabokov’s Lolita is published in the US (1958)
• James Meredith becomes the first African-American to graduate from the University of Mississippi (1963)
• South African activist Steve Biko is arrested, and later dies from injuries sustained during his arrest (1977)

Birthdays

• Antonio Salieri, composer (1750)
• Meriwether Lewis, soldier and co-leader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1774)
• Marshall Field, retailer (1834)
• Shelley Winters, actress (1920)
• Brian Aldiss, writer (1925)
• Roman Polanski, filmmaker (1933)
• Roberto Clemente, baseball player (1934)
• Robert Redford. actor and filmmaker (1936)
• Patrick Swayze, actor and dancer (1952)
• Marvin Isley, musician (1953)
• Christian Slater, actor (1969)
• Malcolm Jamal-Warner, actor (1970)
• Andy Samberg, actor and comedian (1978)

Deaths

• Genghis Khan, Mongolian emperor (1227)
• Honoré de Balzac, writer (1850)
• Joseph E. Seagram, distiller (1919)
• Walter Chrysler, car manufacturer (1940)
• Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist (1945)
• Anita Loos, writer (1981)
• B. F. Skinner, psychologist (1990)
• Elmer Bernstein, composer (2004)
• Don Pardo, radio and television announcer (2014)
• Bud Yorkin, television producer (2015)

Holidays and Celebrations

• National Science Day (Thailand)
• Arbor Day (Pakistan)
• Army Day (Macedonia)
• Long Tan Day (Australia)
• National Ice Cream Pie Day (US)
• National Pinot Noir Day (US)
• Serendipity Day

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years). There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year.