Historical Events In July - 18

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

1959  1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) on July - 18.   

1960  On July - 18 1st UN troops reach Congo   

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  Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on July - 18.   

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

1966  On July - 18 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  On this day in history carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old   

1966  On July - 18 bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22   

1967  Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY on July - 18.   

1967  On July - 18 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 July - 18.   

1969  Barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1969  Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL on this day in history.   

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 this day in history arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily   

1970  On July - 18 ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time   

1970  On July - 18 willie Mays hits # 3,000   

1970  On July - 18 lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86   

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

1973  On July - 18 british actor Jack Hawkins actor, dies at 62   

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 July - 18 birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on July - 18.   

1534  On this day in history birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)   

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on this day in history.   

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

0640  Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 on July - 18.   

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 July - 18.   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

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.