Historical Events for 18th August 2026

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440 - St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1612 - Pendle Witch Trial begins with 10 people accused of witchcraft in Lancaster, England; the key witness is a nine-year-old boy
1958 - Verne Gagne defeats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha to become NWA champion
1960 - The first photograph bounces off a satellite between Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Richardson, Texas
1976 - Korean axe murder incident: two US soldiers tasked with cutting down a poplar tree blocking the view of UN observers are killed by North Koreans, claiming it was planted by Kim Il-Sung in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
1986 - WYSP 94.1 FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, begins simulcasting the Howard Stern Radio Show from New York City's WXRK
1996 - Record 6,654 tap dancers in a single routine at Macy's Tap-O-mania in New York City
1996 - British Open Women's Golf, Woburn, Duke's Course: Emilee Klein wins by 7 strokes ahead of fellow Americans Amy Alcott and Penny Hammel

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