Template:Selected anniversaries/August 18

August 18 - Marie-Ange Colbert's birthday

2003: Essex takes Sarah to meet Major John Greycrow, her new trainer.

2004: Trojan Horse: Cable receives his first assignment.

2005: Betsy discovers bad news about her eldest brother.

2006: Worlds On Fire: The cultist activity in South America comes to a head; Snow Valley and the X-Men are there to save the day, and Xavier’s ends up with a new student – Amara. Scott meets Angelica.

2007: Monet announces her return. Alexander's Wall: The conference is interrupted by an escape attempt by Ilyas Saidullayev and Nathan and Haller find themselves caught between him, the military and Magneto, with backup too far away; the X-Men are scrambled; Nathan and Saidullayev fight to a standstill and Haller manages to break the stalemate, but then the two are ambushed by Magneto, who takes the unconscious Saiullayev; coming to in Russian custody, Haller and Nathan are rescued by Gabrielle Haller and her connections.

2008: Red X Mission: Shake Hands With The Devil: Angel and Yvette discuss the helplessness of the situation in Sri Lanka as they are being flown home; Yvette posts that they are back. Amanda wishes Marie-Ange a happy birthday. Xbalanque: Angelo asks Julio to go along on an Elpis trip to Guatemala; Angelo lets the rest of Elpis know about the addition; Terry asks to go along too. Wanda goes over to the mansion to check on Nathan.

2009: Jubilee and Jean-Phillipe wish Marie-Ange a happy birthday. House of Wolves: The day after, Wanda and Jake don't talk about what happened, instead trying it again; Wanda makes her report; Wanda emails Nathan from Muir Island, where the group have gone for medical care. Reefer Madness: The New Mutants (including new student, Klara) arrive at the Adirondack Park Preserve and remeet Archie Wilson, the superintendent some of them had met during the first New Mutants trip, in order to observe a controlled burn in the park; an unexpected wind change results in the students having to evacuate, rescuing three hippies from their burning superdope crop in the process; faced with unpleasant consequences from their buyer without crop or refund, the hippies enlist the stoned New Mutants to help; Yvette, Angel, Catseye, Nick, Klara and Dori delay the collectors; Nori, Inez, Julian, Fred and Meggan go to Atlantic City with the Decoy to raise the money needed with a Flying Wedge. In Nova Roma, Marius and Cammie compare drinks and mutations before being asked to help remove deadly posionous snakes from a house; the celebration begins; a tipsy Amara tells Lex about her manifestation. A snuffly Vic meets Nathan down by the dock.

2010: Kevin texts Jean-Paul about his inability to telekinetically move his television into his bedroom.

2011: Fred makes a journal entry apologizing for not being social for the last year and letting people know he still exists. Kevin makes a journal entry announcing he's leaving for Atlanta and doesn't know when he's coming back. Sing Me A Prayer: The team finds a way to Akkaba, where unfortunately they find out that they're too late. Yvette announces that the end of summer BBQ will take place on September 3rd. Jean-Phillipe wishes Marie-Ange a happy birthday on his journal. Angelo lets everyone know that Warren is with him and okay after an incident the night before. The Problématique: Doug e-mails Jean, Adrienne, Warren, and Wade, updating them on how his research into Vanessa's disappearance is going.

2012: Sarah and Layla both wake up from nightmares and find comfort in each other and watching stupid movies. Renee meets Angel, and so much talking ensues. A Kind of Magic: The NY1 local evening news reports that Trump has fallen victim to a practical joke.