Today in History - History - August 18th

1909Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.

1934Ponsford & Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes v Eng

1969Woodstock Music & Art Fair closes with Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys as the final act

1963Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1973Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record

1698Russian Tsar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam

1914US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"

1958Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1862General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured

1982Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance

1774Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, solider and public administrator (Lewis & Clark Expedition), (d. 1809)

1934Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)

1936Robert Redford, Santa Monica California, American actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby)

1920Shelley Winters, St Louis Missouri, actress (A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue & Poseidon Adventure), (d. 2006)

1900Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Allahabad Oudh, Indian diplomat and politician

1750Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare)

2013Actress Rosanna Arquette (54) weds investment banker Todd Morgan at a private ceremony in Malibu, California

1782Romantic Age poet and artist William Blake (24) marries Catherine Boucher, 5 years his junior, in St. Mary's Church, Battersea, London.

1988Frederick Ashton, British choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83

1227Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror, dies