Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1959 On July - 18 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 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 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 this day in history failed military coup in Syria
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 July - 18 zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open on this day in history.
1965 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1966 Bobby Fuller rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead on July - 18.
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 Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old on this day in history.
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 C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart on July - 18.
1968 On July - 18 intel incorporates
1969 Barbara Pepper actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 on July - 18.
1969 On this day in history 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 July - 18 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 this day in history 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 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 July - 18.
1975 Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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