Historical Events In July - 18

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

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  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  

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

1965  On this day in history shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64  

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

1966  Gemini 10 launched on July - 18.  

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 July - 18 carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old  

1966  On this day in history 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  Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66 on July - 18.  

1968  On July - 18 c Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart  

1968  Intel incorporates on this day in history.  

1969  On July - 18 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  Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge on this day in history.  

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

1970  On July - 18 arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily  

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 July - 18 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  On July - 18 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  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  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 18.  

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  On July - 18 birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)  

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)  

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

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

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

1488  On July - 18 death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)  

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on July - 18.  

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

1608  On this day in history joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61