This Day In History

August 18
1941
Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.
1965
Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins -- United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966
Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy Province.
1971
Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976
In the Korean Demilitarised Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
2008
President Of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf resigns due to pressure from opposition.