TUESDAY, Aug.18

On August 18, 1590, the Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returned from England only to discover no trace of the colonists he had left three years prior.

In 1737, the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris made its first public appearance.

In 1838, the United States Exploring Expedition, led by Charles Wilkes, embarked on a journey across the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

In 1919, the Anti-Cigarette League of America was established in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1920, State Representative Harry T. Burn, aged 24, cast the deciding vote in Tennessee, subsequently leading to America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women's suffrage. This decision came after receiving a letter from his mother advocating for the cause.

The Battle of Britain, known as "The Hardest Day," took place in 1940. During this intense air battle, the Luftwaffe lost approximately 69 aircraft, while the Royal Air Force (RAF) suffered 68 losses, marking one of the largest air battles ever fought.

In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" was published.

In 1976, a tragic incident occurred in the Korean Demilitarized Zone when two U.S. soldiers, assigned to cut down a poplar tree obstructing the view of United Nations observers, were killed by North Korean forces. The soldiers claimed that the tree had been planted by Kim Il-Sung, the leader of North Korea.