TUESDAY, Aug.18
Summary
TUESDAY, Aug. 18 is marked by several historical events, including the 1590 return of John White to Roanoke Island, the 1920 deciding vote on the 19th Amendment, and the 1976 Korean axe murder incident in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The list also notes the 1737 first public admission to the Salon de Paris at the Louvre, the 1838 departure of the United States Exploring Expedition, and the 1958 publication of Lolita. It records that two U.S. soldiers were killed in the 1976 incident after being sent to cut down a poplar tree blocking U.N. observers.
Key Facts
- John White returned to Roanoke Island in 1590 and found no trace of the colonists he had left there three years earlier.
- Harry T. Burn, a 24-year-old state representative, cast the deciding vote in Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 after reading a letter from his mother.
- In 1976, two U.S. soldiers were killed in the Korean Demilitarized Zone during the Korean axe murder incident while cutting down a poplar tree blocking the view of U.N. observers.
1590-Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier
1737-First public admission to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris
1838-United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica
1919-Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois
1920-State Representative Harry T. Burn (24) casts the deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women's suffrage after reading a letter from his mother
1940-Battle of Britain: Air battle known as "The Hardest Day" occurs; the Luftwaffe loses approximately 69 aircraft and the RAF 68 in one of the largest ever air battles
1958-Novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov is published
1976-Korean axe murder incident: two U.S. soldiers tasked with cutting down a poplar tree blocking the view of U.N. observers are killed by North Koreans, claiming it was planted by Kim Il-Sung in the Korean Demilitarized Zone
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