Today is Sunday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2002. There are 135 days left in the year.
On this date:
On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C.
In 1227, the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan died.
In 1846, U.S. forces led by General Stephen W. Kearney captured Santa Fe, N.M.
In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.
In 1914, President Wilson issued his "Proclamation of Neutrality," aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.
In 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of all American women to vote.
In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.