August 18 in history: • 1783 – A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain. → go there • 1891 – A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage. → go there • 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country. → go there • 1966 – Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived. → go there • 2008 – Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him. → go there Died 1890: Mother Solomon Wiki link Born 1986: Evan Gattis Wiki link Born 1998: Nick Fuentes Wiki link Died 2016: Machali Wiki link Pictured: border=yes.