Historical Events In July - 18

1959  On this day in history the first black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)  

1959  On this day in history 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)  

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

1961  On July - 18 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  

1961  On July - 18 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  On this day in history failed military coup in Syria  

1963  On this day in history a H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies  

1964  Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln) on July - 18.  

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  Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64 on July - 18.  

1966  On this day in history bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead  

1966  On July - 18 gemini 10 launched  

1966  On July - 18 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).  

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 this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY  

1967  Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66 on July - 18.  

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

1968  On July - 18 intel incorporates  

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

1969  On this day in history joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL  

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

1969  Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1970  Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time  

1970  On this day in history willie Mays hits # 3,000  

1970  Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 on July - 18.  

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

1973  British actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62 on July - 18.  

1973  On July - 18 jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62  

1974  World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed on this day in history.  

1975  On July - 18 federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74  

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1340  On July - 18 birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders  

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.  

1504  On July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)  

1534  On July - 18 birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)  

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on this day in history.  

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.  

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on this day in history.  

1670  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer  

0640  On July - 18 arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58  

0715  On July - 18 death of muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)  

1100  On July - 18 godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies  

1374  On this day in history francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69  

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on July - 18.  

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.  

1591  On July - 18 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40  

1608  On July - 18 joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61