Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

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

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

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 July - 18.   

1961  On July - 18 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  Failed military coup in Syria on July - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit on this day in history.   

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

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  Gemini 10 launched on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1968  C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history intel incorporates   

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  On this day in history ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time   

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

1970  Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 on July - 18.   

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

1973  British actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 July - 18.   

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

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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  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 July - 18 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  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on July - 18.   

0640  On this day in history arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on July - 18.   

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1544  On July - 18 rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

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

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