August 18

Wednesday 18, 1976:

In North Korea at Panmunjom, two US soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the DMZ which had obscured their view.

Thursday 18, 1904:

Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeded by George Reid.

Tuesday 18, 1903:

German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.

Saturday 18, 1590:

John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.

Friday 18, 1572:

Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre with Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.