On this day: Pope John Paul II announced that the new millennium was threatened by an onslaught of evil in 2002

World historyon this day On this day: Pope John Paul II announced that the new millennium was threatened by an onslaught of evil in 2002 Pope John Paul Ii During A Visit To The Baltimore Basilica In The 1990s Baltimore Db91c0 1024 Relevant News On this day: Pope John Paul II announced that the new millennium was threatened by an onslaught of evil in 2002 18 August 2026 Nicosia DLGO awaits €2 million fund to tackle dangerous buildings 18 August 2026 Police make new drug arrests across Cyprus as 2026 seizures reach 323kg of cannabis 18 August 2026 newsroom 18 August 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 18: 1932 – Scottish aviator Jim Mollison made the first transatlantic solo flight from east to west – from Portmarnock, Ireland, to Pennfield, Canada. 1999 – World’s first giant panda triplets are born. 2002 – Pope John Paul II, addressing some 2.7 million people, his largest crowd ever in Poland, warned that the new millennium was threatened by an onslaught of evil. 2003 – Ma Le Hua of China breaks world record for largest domino topple with 350,000 dominoes. 2004 – Greece’s two top athletes — Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou — pulled out of the Athens Olympics and apologised to the Greek people for a scandal over missed dope tests. 2007 – About 181 coal miners were trapped underground and feared dead in eastern China after a rain-swollen river burst a leeve and flooded two seperate shafts. 2008 – Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former Maoist guerrilla chief, who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy was sworn in as the Himalayan republic’s first prime minister. 2008 – Yelena Isinbayeva sets world record in women’s pole vault final at Olympic Games. 2008 – Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf announces his resignation. 2012 – Taiwanese farmers set world record for planting rice seedlings. 2017 – Fatal stabbings by Moroccan teen in Turku Market Square, Finland. Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Nicosia DLGO awaits €2 million fund to tackle dangerous buildings Police make new drug arrests across Cyprus as 2026 seizures reach 323kg of cannabis BBC probe: Dozens of British families misled over IVF donors at occupied north clinics Guterres crossing points plan set to top Christodoulides-Erhurman agenda Pension reform talks begin as minister vows to push bill through by September Yellow warning issued for thunderstorms Third Larnaca drowning at unguarded beach as only 10 of 19 towers staffed Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.