Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

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

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

1960  1st UN troops reach Congo on July - 18.   

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  On July - 18 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  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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit   

1965  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22   

1967  On July - 18 silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY   

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 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  On this day in history 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  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 July - 18.   

1970  On July - 18 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  On this day in history british actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62   

1973  Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1974  World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed on this day in history.   

1975  Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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1340  On this day in history 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 July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  On July - 18 birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on July - 18.   

1608  On July - 18 joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61