Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

1959  The first black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) on July - 18.   

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

1960  On July - 18 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 this day in history.   

1961  Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on July - 18.   

1962  On July - 18 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 this day in history 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 July - 18 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 July - 18.   

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

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

1966  Gemini 10 launched on this day in history.   

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  Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old on July - 18.   

1966  Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22 on this day in history.   

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

1968  Intel incorporates on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57   

1969  On July - 18 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  On this day in history 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  Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time on July - 18.   

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

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

1972  200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns on July - 18.   

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

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

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

1975  Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 on July - 18.   

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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  On this day in history 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 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 July - 18.   

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on July - 18.   

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 July - 18.   

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on July - 18.   

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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