{"id":3854,"date":"2026-08-18T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:03:46","slug":"today-in-history-august-18-former-british-nurse-found-guilty-of-murdering-7-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3854","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: August 18, former British nurse found guilty of murdering 7 babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Tuesday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2026. There are 135 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3852\">Wrong-way driver intentionally crashed on I-70 near Utah border, investigators say<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today in history:<\/h4>\n<p>On Aug. 18, 2023, a former neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others over a yearlong campaign of deception as she preyed on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns. Days later, Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for release.<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony (in present-day North Carolina), returned to Roanoke after nearly three years abroad only to find the settlement deserted; the fate of the \u201cLost Colony\u201d remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.<\/p>\n<p>In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women\u2019s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.<\/p>\n<p>In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov\u2019s novel \u201cLolita\u201d was published in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3850\">Lakewood man suspected in wife\u2019s murder had secret girlfriend, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three days and nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars\u2019 worth of damage.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, in Athens, Paul Hamm (hahm) won the men\u2019s gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event; controversy followed after it was discovered that a scoring error cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the title.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, a judge in Wichita, Kansas, sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms, the maximum the law would allow.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Missouri Gov. 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