Wednesday, August 18, 3627 is a Wednesday. It is day 230 of 3627 (63% through the year), ISO week 33, in Q3.
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On August 18, 3627, we mark the 1,715th anniversary of several significant historical events. In 1966, the Battle of Long Tan took place during the Vietnam War, where members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment successfully held off a larger Viet Cong unit for several hours until reinforcements arrived. Additionally, in 1964, Hildegard Trabant, an East German Communist Party member, lost her life while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. Other notable events that occurred on this day include Hurricane Alicia making landfall near Galveston, Texas, in 1983, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities. In 2008, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from an impeachment movement. More recently, in 2017, a terr...
On August 18, 3627, we mark the 1,715th anniversary of several significant historical events.
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Historical Milestones
Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.
Asylum seeker →Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.
Pervez Musharraf →Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.
Hurricane Alicia →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 (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements...
Vietnam War →East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
Socialist Unity Party of Germany →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".
Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series →World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.
World War II →Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.
World War II →A lightning strike started the Blackwater Fire (pictured) in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, consuming 1,700 acres (7 km2) of old-growth forest and killing 15 firefighters.
Blackwater Fire of 1937 →The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.
Russian Civil War →A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.
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Wednesday, August 18, 3627 falls on a Wednesday.
in 584,690 days (in 1600 years, 9 months, 29 days). It is day 230 of 3627 with 135 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, August 18, 3627 is written as XVIII.VIII.MMMDCXXVII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Last Quarter (approx. 41% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.