Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

1959  On July - 18 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  1st UN troops reach Congo on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67   

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

1963  On July - 18 failed military coup in Syria   

1963  A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies on July - 18.   

1964  On July - 18 race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)   

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 July - 18.   

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

1966  On this day in history bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead   

1966  On this day in history gemini 10 launched   

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  On July - 18 bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22   

1967  On this day in history silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY   

1967  On this day in history humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66   

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  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  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  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 this day in history.   

1973  British actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62 on July - 18.   

1973  Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 on July - 18.   

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 July - 18 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  On this day in history birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

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  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on July - 18.   

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

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on July - 18.   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on July - 18.