August 18

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1572	Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.	The Descendents	Marriage	Milo Goes to College
2	1587	Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.	The Rolling Stones	Sweet Virginia	Exile on Main St.
3	1634	Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.	Nougaro	L'Amour Sorcier	Grand Angle Sur: The Best of Claude Nougaro
4	1783	A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.	Tommy James & the Shondells	Ball of Fire	The Very Best of Tommy James and the Shondells
5	1938	The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.	Braid	Bridge to Canada	Movie Music Vol. Two
6	1958	Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.	Mustard Plug	Lolita	Pray for Mojo
7	2000	A Federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.	Doves	There Goes the Fear	Last Broadcast

(Historical facts about August 18 are from Wikipedia.)