On this day in history - Today, August, 18

Today in History

• 2005 Indonesia suffers a Massive Power Outage

  Thought to be one of the biggest power outages in recent history, the Java-Bali outage affected abou

• 1958 Lolita is First Published in the US

  The highly controversial novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabakov detailed an adu

• 1920 The State of Tennessee Passes the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution

  This action by the Tennessee legislature brought the number of states passing the 19th amendment to

• 1877 Martian Moon Phobos is Discovered

  One of the two natural satellites of Mars, Phobos, was discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall.

• 1612 The Pendle witch trials begin

  11 people - 9 women and 2 men - are tried for practicing witch craft in one of UK's most well docume