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Today in History highlights notable events on August 18
August 18 marks historical milestones from 1894 when Congress established the Bureau of Immigration to key moments such as Virginia Dare's birth in 1587, the 19th Amendment’s ratification in 1920, Woodstock’s close in 1969, and tributes to Don Pardo and Usain Bolt.
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Congress
Bureau of Immigration
Virginia Dare
America
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
Roanoke
U.S
Stephen W. Kearny
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Tennessee
Eisenhower
James
Ernest Wilkins
James P. Mitchell
Vladimir Nabokov
New York
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Paris
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Bethel
Jimi Hendrix
Alicia
Texas
George H.W. Bush
New Orleans
Sarasota
Fla
Kimberly Mays
Ernest
Regina Twigg
Kimberly
Twiggs
Missouri
Jay Nixon
National Guard
Ferguson
St. Louis
Don Pardo
Tucson
Arizona
Steve Bannon
Donald Trump
White House
Trump
Bannon
Breitbart News
Barack Obama
Bashar Assad
Joe Biden
Xi Jinping
Beijing
NFL
Darren Sharper
Jamaica
Usain Bolt
Army
John W. Vessey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Oaks
Minnesota