August 18

Wednesday 18, 1982:

Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.

Wednesday 18, 1971:

Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

Monday 18, 1958:

Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.

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.

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.