{"id":28096,"date":"2016-08-18T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28096"},"modified":"2016-08-18T08:25:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:25:51","slug":"today-in-history-240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28096","title":{"rendered":"Today in History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Thursday, August\u00a0 18, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right of women to vote, was ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.
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1227<\/td>\nThe Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1587<\/td>\nVirginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1846<\/td>\nU.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearny captured Santa Fe, N.M.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nPresident Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nJames Meredith became the first African-American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1969<\/td>\nThe Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, N.Y., concluded with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nHurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 22 dead and causing more than a billion dollars in damage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nIndiana Sen. Dan Quayle was nominated as George H.W. Bush’s running mate during the Republican National Convention in New Orleans.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nSoviet hard-liners launched a coup aimed at toppling President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who was vacationing in the Crimea.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nVirginia Military Institute admitted a female student for the first time in its 158-year history.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nA judge in Wichita, Kan., sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nPervez Musharraf resigned as the president of Pakistan amid efforts by opposition lawmakers to seek his impeachment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Comedian Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”) turns 38 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rosalynn Carter<\/td>\nFormer first lady<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roman Polanski<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Redford<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin Mull<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elayne Boosler<\/td>\nComedian<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denis Leary<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Rescue Me”)<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madeleine Stowe<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timothy Geithner<\/td>\nFormer treasury secretary<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bob Woodruff<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Craig Bierko<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christian Slater<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malcolm-Jamal Warner<\/td>\nActor (“The Cosby Show”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaitlin Olson<\/td>\nActress (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”)<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Edward Norton turns 47 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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