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This is a list of selected August 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1572French Wars of Religion: Margaret of Valois was wedded to Huguenot King Henry of Navarre, in an attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics. refimprove
1868 – Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium while analyzing the chromosphere of the sun during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India. {{harmonize}}
1917 – A fire destroyed about 9,500 homes in Thessaloniki, Greece, leaving 70,000 homeless. refimprove
1976 – North Korean soldiers killed two American soldiers in the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, heightening tensions over a 100-foot (30 m) poplar tree that blocked the line of sight between a United Nations Command checkpoint and an observation post. too technical
2008President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigned under impeachment pressure. out of date

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Notes

August 18: Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism, 2014)

Royal Australian Air Force helicopter

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