What happened on 18 August?

9 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1920 US women win the vote (19th Amendment) Constitutional amendment grants American women the right to vote; ratified after a 72-year suffrage campaign.
2. 1572 The wedding that baited the trap To seal a peace, the Catholic princess Margot marries the Huguenot Henry of Navarre, and Protestant France's entire leadership comes to Paris to celebrate. Six days later, with the
3. 1227 Death of Genghis Khan Genghis dies on campaign; his empire is divided among his sons and continues to expand.
4. 1945 Manchukuo dissolved Soviet invasion of Manchuria and Japan's surrender end the Manchukuo puppet state; Puyi captured.
5. 1945 Death of Subhas Chandra Bose Days after Japan's surrender, the overloaded bomber carrying Netaji crashes on take-off at Taihoku, Taiwan; he dies of burns that night — a death many Indians long refused to belie
6. 1969 Hendrix at Woodstock Jimi Hendrix's electrified Star-Spangled Banner closes the festival - defining moment of 1960s rock.
7. 1870 Battle of Gravelotte The largest battle of the Franco-Prussian War; Prussian forces drive the French army back into Metz.
8. 1911 Parliament Act 1911 House of Lords stripped of its veto over money bills; reduces Lords' delay power on other bills to two years.
9. 1882 Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 Britain's first heritage law puts 68 prehistoric monuments under state guardianship; Pitt Rivers becomes the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments.