Historical Events In July - 18

1959  The first black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) on this day in history.   

1959  On July - 18 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)   

1960  On this day in history 1st UN troops reach Congo   

1961  Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games on July - 18.   

1961  On this day in history kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67   

1962  Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning on this day in history.   

1963  Failed military coup in Syria on this day in history.   

1963  A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies on July - 18.   

1964  On this day in history race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)   

1965  On July - 18 zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit   

1965  On July - 18 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open   

1965  On July - 18 shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64   

1966  Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead on July - 18.   

1966  On this day in history gemini 10 launched   

1966  Launch of Gemini 10 with LCDR John W. Young, USN as Command Pilot. Mission involved 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasted 2 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old   

1966  Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22 on July - 18.   

1967  Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY on this day in history.   

1967  Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history c Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart   

1968  Intel incorporates on July - 18.   

1969  Barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 on July - 18.   

1969  Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL on July - 18.   

1969  On July - 18 mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge   

1969  On July - 18 barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57   

1970  Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily on July - 18.   

1970  On July - 18 ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time   

1970  Willie Mays hits # 3,000 on July - 18.   

1970  On this day in history lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86   

1972  200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history british actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62   

1973  On this day in history jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62   

1974  World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed on July - 18.   

1975  Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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1340  On this day in history birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  On July - 18 birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  On July - 18 birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on July - 18.   

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On July - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer   

0640  Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  On this day in history death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)   

1544  On July - 18 rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

1591  On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on this day in history.