Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

1959  1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)   

1960  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.   

1961  Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67.   

1962  Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning.   

1963  Failed military coup in Syria.   

1963  A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies   

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

1965  Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit   

1965  In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Yankee Golf Open.   

1965  Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64   

1966  Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), are discovered dead.   

1966  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).   

1966  Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old.   

1966  Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), are discovered dead at 22   

1967  Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY.   

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

1968  C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart.   

1968  Intel incorporates.   

1969  Barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57   

1969  Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL.   

1969  Mary Jo Kopechne and Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge.   

1969  Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57   

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

1970  Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time   

1970  Willie Mays hits # 3000   

1970  Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86   

1972  200000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns.   

1973  British actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62   

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

1974  World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed   

1975  Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74   

1976  Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut   

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1340  Philip van artevelde: Wine salesman/lord lt of flanders   

1501  Isabella of burgundy: Wife of christian ii of denmark   

1504  Heinrich bullinger: Swiss religious reformer   

1534  Zacharias ursinus: German theologist (heidelberger catechism)   

1552  Rudolf ii: Of habsburg, emperor of germany (1576-1612)   

1634  Joannes camphuys: Governor-general of dutch-indies (1684-91)   

1635  Robert hooke: Isle of wight, physicist (micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni battista bononcini: Italian (opera)composer   

0640  Death of Arnulf: Bishop of metz (614-640)/politician,   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin qasim: Muhammad bin qasim (b. 695)   

1100  Godfried iv van bouillon: Count of antwerp,   

1374  Francesco petrarch: Italian poet (italia mia),   

1488  Alvise cadamosto: Italian explorer (b. 1432)   

1544  René van chalon: Viceroy of holland,   

1591  Jakob handl: [petelin], austrian composer/bandmaster,   

1608  Joachim iii frederik: Ruler (brandenburg),