How Many Days Until August 18?

This day in history: August 18

1. 1945

   World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

2. 1948

   Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

3. 1964

   East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

4. 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, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

5. 1983

   Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

6. 2008

   Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

7. 2017

   Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.

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