Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

1959  On this day in history 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  On July - 18 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  Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1963  On July - 18 failed military coup in Syria   

1963  A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies on this day in history.   

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  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open on this day in history.   

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  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 July - 18.   

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

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

1968  C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart on this day in history.   

1968  Intel incorporates on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On this day in history arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily   

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

1972  On July - 18 200,000 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 this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history world's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed   

1975  On this day in history federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on July - 18.   

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

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

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on July - 18.   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.