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Wikipedia:On this day/Today. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 18 [ talk · edit · history ] August 18: Ghost Festival in China (2024) 684 – Second Fitna: Umayyad partisans defeated the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near Damascus, cementing Umayyad control of Syria. 1823 – At least 9,000 enslaved people rebelled in the ...
May 9. May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 236 days remain until the end of the year.
1735 – The ballad opera called Flora, or Hob in the Well went down in history as the first opera of any kind to be produced in North America (Charleston, S.C.) [4] 1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
May 7. May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 238 days remain until the end of the year.
1545– The English warship Mary Rosesank outside Portsmouthduring the Battle of the Solent; it was raised from the seabed in 1982 (remnants pictured). 1916– First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully attackedGerman defences at Fromelles, France.
September 11. September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 111 days remain until the end of the year.
2016 (Monday) 2015 (Saturday) May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
March 27. March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 days remain until the end of the year.