Template:On this day/August 18

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

August 18:

• 1821 – The first issue of The Floridian was published by George Tunstall and Cary Nicholas.
• 1982 – Former State Representative R. W. "Smokey" Peaden was convicted on five counts of cocaine possession and transportation.
• 2005 – Mario Forgione purchased the Pensacola Ice Pilots from Tim Kerr.
• 2007 – Lee Shortt died of decompression sickness while diving at the USS Oriskany artificial reef.