CoM Moderators Posted August 18 Posted August 18 Historical Events 1926 - England regains Ashes with fifth Test cricket win to take series 1-0 1954 - James E. Wilkins is the first Black person to attend a US cabinet meeting 1958 - Fidel Castro delivers a speech on Radio Rebelde, the clandestine station founded by Che Guevara to broadcast news and revolutionary messages from the Sierra Maestra mountains 2013 - Six people are killed by a bomb blast on a bus in West Bengal, India 2025 - Leaders from across Europe join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a hastily arranged summit meeting with US President Trump at the White House More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1938 - Orestes Quércia, Brazilian politician (Governor of São Paulo, 1987-91), born in Pedregulho, Brazil (d. 2010) 1939 - Molly Bee, American actress (Pinky Lee Show), born in Oklahoma City (d. 2009) 1966 - Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1968 - Mark Robinson, American politician, 2024 North Carolina nominee for Governor, born in Greensboro, North Carolina 1973 - Clarence Benford, American football tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Windsor Forest, Georgia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1797 - Josiah Spode, English potter and founder of Spode pottery works, dies at 64 1901 - Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54 1943 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general, dies at 78 1952 - Ralph Byrd, American actor (Dick Tracy TV Show, SOS Coast Guard), dies from a heart attack at 43 2014 - Don Pardo, American television announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live), dies at 96 More Famous Deaths »
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