Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

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

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

1960  1st UN troops reach Congo on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1965  Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open   

1965  Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1966  Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead on this day in history.   

1966  Gemini 10 launched on July - 18.   

1966  On this day in history 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 July - 18 carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old   

1966  On July - 18 bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22   

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

1967  On July - 18 humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66   

1968  C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart on July - 18.   

1968  Intel incorporates on July - 18.   

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

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

1969  On this day in history mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge   

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

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

1970  Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time on this day in history.   

1970  Willie Mays hits # 3,000 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1973  Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 on July - 18.   

1974  On July - 18 world's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed   

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  On this day in history 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  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on July - 18.   

1552  On this day in history birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)   

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 July - 18.   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on July - 18.   

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 July - 18.   

1100  On July - 18 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  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on July - 18.