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This is a list of selected August 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

--> August 18: Long Tan Day in Australia (1966)

1587 – Virginia Dare became the first child born in the Americas to English parents.

1868 – Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium while analyzing the chromosphere of the sun during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India.

1877 – Asaph Hall discovered Phobos (pictured), the larger of Mars' two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the other one.

1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in that country.

1989 – Leading Colombian presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán was assassinated during a public demonstration in the town of Soacha, Cundinamarca.

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 {{*mp}} [[1572]] – [[French Wars of Religion]]: '''[[Marguerite de Valois]]''' was married to [[Huguenot]] King [[Henry IV of France|Henry of Navarre]], in a supposed attempt to reconcile [[Protestantism|Protestants]] and [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]].
-{{*mp}} [[1587]] – '''[[Virginia Dare]]''' became the first child born in the [[Americas]] to [[England|English]] parents.
 {{*mp}} [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: At the '''[[Battle of Globe Tavern]]''', [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces attempted to sever the [[Wilmington and Weldon Railroad|Weldon Railroad]] during the [[Siege of Petersburg]].
 {{*mp}} [[1891]] – A hurricane '''[[1891 Martinique hurricane|struck]]''' [[Martinique]], killing about 700 people; injuring at least 1,000 others; and obliterating houses, trees, and crops across the entire island.
+{{*mp}} [[1948]] – [[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Australia]] '''[[Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series|completed]]''' a [[1948 Ashes series|4&ndash;0 Ashes series win]], earning them the nickname of "The Invincibles" for being the first [[Test cricket|Test cricket match]] side to play an entire tour of [[England cricket team|England]] without losing a match.
+{{*mp}} [[1966]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Members from D Company of the '''[[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment|6th Battalion]]''' of the [[Royal Australian Regiment]] were surrounded and attacked on all sides by a much larger [[Viet Cong]] unit at the [[Battle of Long Tan]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}-->, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.
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+{{*mp}} [[1587]] – '''[[Virginia Dare]]''' became the first child born in the [[Americas]] to [[England|English]] parents.
 {{*mp}} [[1868]] – Astronomer [[Pierre Janssen]] discovered '''[[helium]]''' while analyzing the [[chromosphere]] of the sun during a total solar eclipse in [[Guntur]], [[India]].
 {{*mp}} [[1877]] – [[Asaph Hall]] [[Discovery of the Martian moons|discovered]] '''[[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]]''' ''(pictured)'', the larger of [[Mars]]' two [[natural satellite|moon]]s, six days after discovering [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]], the other one.
 {{*mp}} [[1920]] – The [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] was ratified, guaranteeing '''[[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage in that country]]'''.
-{{*mp}} [[1948]] – [[Australian cricket team in England in 1948|Australia]] '''[[Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series|completed]]''' a [[1948 Ashes series|4&ndash;0 Ashes series win]], earning them the nickname of "The Invincibles" for being the first [[Test cricket|Test cricket match]] side to play an entire tour of [[England cricket team|England]] without losing a match.
-{{*mp}} [[1966]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Members from D Company of the '''[[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment|6th Battalion]]''' of the [[Royal Australian Regiment]] were surrounded and attacked on all sides by a much larger [[Viet Cong]] unit at the [[Battle of Long Tan]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}-->, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.
 {{*mp}} [[1989]] – Leading [[President of Colombia|Colombian presidential]] hopeful '''[[Luis Carlos Galán]]''' was assassinated during a public demonstration in the town of [[Soacha]], [[Department of Cundinamarca|Cundinamarca]].
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