On this day in sports: August 18
- 1958 Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors. Source
- 2004 Born: Kevin McGonigle, American baseball player Source
- 2012 Died: John Kovatch, American football player (born 1920) Source
- 2013 Died: Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player (born 1924) Source
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