August 18

This day in history:

• 2019 – One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km2).
• 1634 – Father Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
• 1973 – Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight.
• 1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.

Births:

• 1964 – Kenny Walker, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Mike LaValliere, American baseball player
• 1944 – Paula Danziger, American author (died 2004)

Deaths:

• 2016 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (born 1923)
• 2018 – Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (born 1935)
• 2014 – Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933)

Holidays:

• Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)
• Arbor Day (Pakistan)
• Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)

Random Article of the day:

Balete, Batangas

Balete, officially the Municipality of Balete (Tagalog: Bayan ng Balete), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,055 people. The people from Balete is called Baleteños.
Balete is well known for its location on Taal Lake, providing a panoramic view of the Taal Volcano. The pilgrimage site Marian Orchard is located in Barangay Malabanan. The town's name originates from the tree of the same name that grew abundantly in the area.

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(Old photos)

We called this tree "Lunok". There are seven of them behind my late grandmother's house. Each of them looks like this one. They are believed to be a whole kingdom of other dimensional beings, by the elders.

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