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Cuba's National Civil Defense declares a state of alert for the following provinces: Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguín, Las Tunas and Camagüey. (La Prensa) NASA shortens a spacewalk during the current Space Shuttle Endeavour mission so that the crew can prepare for a Tuesday landing to avoid Hurricane Dean.
A large swath of heavy rain fell across most of southern Minnesota during Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, with the highest totals in the far southeast counties of the state. Twenty-four-hour rainfall totals of 15.10 inches (384 mm) were recorded in Hokah , which easily broke the old state record of 10.84 inches (275 mm) .
August 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 387.18 points, its largest single-day drop since February 27. August 12 – Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major. August 15 – NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he ...
Two youths aged 18 and 14 are arrested in Liverpool, England on suspicion of shooting dead an 11-year-old boy in Croxteth. (The Times and PA) More than 1200 Ford workers in Victoria, Australia are stood down due to an industrial dispute over unpaid entitlements owed to workers in a Ford supplier.
2007 – Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938) 2007 – Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947) 2009 – Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) 2009 – Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (b. 1910)
Credit card company policies that drastically cut people's available credit over the past two years did their damage to credit scores as expected. Credit Karma, in its trend study, reported today ...
Sunday, Aug. 18. Bad Poetry Day. Green Man Festival. Long Tan Day. National Fajita Day. National Ice Cream Pie Day. National Mail Order Catalog Day. Never Give Up Day
List of confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, August 18, 2007 [note 1] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width Summary EF0 NW of Idaho Springs: Clear Creek: CO: 20:10–20:15 0.1 mi (0.16 km)