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Events on the 18th of July in history

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18 Jul 2064 Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
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18 Jul 0362 Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.
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18 Jul 0390 Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
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18 Jul 0390 -BC- Battle of Allia-Gauls inflict heavy casualties on Romans
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18 Jul 0645 Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War.
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18 Jul 1290 King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
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18 Jul 1290 King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.
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18 Jul 1330 Battle of Velbuzd
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18 Jul 1334 The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
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18 Jul 1342 Mu'izz al-Din Husayn defeats the Sarbadars in the Battle of Zava.
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18 Jul 1389 France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.
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18 Jul 1391 Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River – Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present day southeast Russia.
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18 Jul 1536 Pope's authority declared void in England
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18 Jul 1555 The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
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18 Jul 1572 Willem van Orange recognized as Viceroy of Holland / Friesland / Utrecht
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18 Jul 1588 Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada
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18 Jul 1630 Spanish troops occupy Mantua
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18 Jul 1716 Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
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18 Jul 1716 Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium
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18 Jul 1737 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
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18 Jul 1743 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
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18 Jul 1753 Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham, Massachusetts
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18 Jul 1766 Society of the Dutch Literary forms
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18 Jul 1812 The Treaties of Orebro ends both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
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18 Jul 1814 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
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18 Jul 1841 Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, on 18 July.
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18 Jul 1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal
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18 Jul 1853 1st train to cross the US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.-Montr
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18 Jul 1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, Americas 1st intl railroad
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18 Jul 1857 Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
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18 Jul 1862 Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
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18 Jul 1862 First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
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18 Jul 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner, SC - Second assault US1500 CS174
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18 Jul 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner – one of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
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18 Jul 1864 President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
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18 Jul 1870 Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
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18 Jul 1870 The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
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18 Jul 1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting
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18 Jul 1882 Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
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18 Jul 1896 2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills, New York
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18 Jul 1897 3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins
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18 Jul 1897 Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
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18 Jul 1904 P Gotz discovers asteroid #538 Friederike
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18 Jul 1907 French troops occupy Casablanca
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18 Jul 1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings
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18 Jul 1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
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18 Jul 1914 The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
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18 Jul 1914 US army air service 1st comes into being, in the Signal Corps
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18 Jul 1915 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men
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18 Jul 1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
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18 Jul 1918 US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
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18 Jul 1921 Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
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18 Jul 1925 Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
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18 Jul 1925 Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
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18 Jul 1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
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18 Jul 1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
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18 Jul 1931 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
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18 Jul 1932 US & Canada signed a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
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18 Jul 1935 Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
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18 Jul 1936 An army uprising in Spanish Morocco starts Spanish Civil War.
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18 Jul 1936 Spanish Civil War begans, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising
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18 Jul 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left New York for California
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18 Jul 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
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18 Jul 1940 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut
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18 Jul 1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
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18 Jul 1940 Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
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18 Jul 1941 SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
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18 Jul 1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
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18 Jul 1942 World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
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18 Jul 1942 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight
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18 Jul 1943 British assault on Catania Sicily
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18 Jul 1943 Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, New York wins, 10-6
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18 Jul 1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
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18 Jul 1944 Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
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18 Jul 1944 Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
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18 Jul 1944 British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
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18 Jul 1944 Polish troops under General Anders occupy Ancona Italy
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18 Jul 1944 World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
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18 Jul 1947 British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
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18 Jul 1947 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
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18 Jul 1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
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18 Jul 1947 US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
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18 Jul 1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
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18 Jul 1947 US receives UN trusteeship over Pacific Islands
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18 Jul 1948 "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
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18 Jul 1948 White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in 11 inning game
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18 Jul 1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game
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18 Jul 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title
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18 Jul 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
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18 Jul 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 5 for heavyweight belt
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18 Jul 1951 Uruguay accepts its constitution
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18 Jul 1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
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18 Jul 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
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18 Jul 1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forefeit game
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18 Jul 1955 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
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18 Jul 1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
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18 Jul 1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
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18 Jul 1960 1st UN troops reach Congo
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18 Jul 1960 Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
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18 Jul 1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
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18 Jul 1962 Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
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18 Jul 1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning
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18 Jul 1963 Failed military coup in Syria
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18 Jul 1964 Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)
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18 Jul 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
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18 Jul 1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
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18 Jul 1966 Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
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18 Jul 1966 Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
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18 Jul 1966 Australian children's television series Play School airs for the first time, going on to become the longest-running children's show in Australia, and the second longest running children's show in the world
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18 Jul 1966 Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
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18 Jul 1966 Gemini 10 launched
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18 Jul 1967 Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in New York
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18 Jul 1968 Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
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18 Jul 1968 C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart
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18 Jul 1968 Intel incorporates
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18 Jul 1969 After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies.
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18 Jul 1969 Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
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18 Jul 1969 Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge
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18 Jul 1970 "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
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18 Jul 1970 Giants Willie Mays hits 3,000 homers
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18 Jul 1970 Willie Mays, is 10th to get 3,000 hits
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18 Jul 1970 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
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18 Jul 1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
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18 Jul 1970 Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
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18 Jul 1970 Willie Mays hits # 3,000
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18 Jul 1971 Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
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18 Jul 1972 Egypt President Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
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18 Jul 1972 Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 and 102, Gloucs vs. Essex
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18 Jul 1972 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
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18 Jul 1974 World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
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18 Jul 1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Fopbes of Boston Bruins
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18 Jul 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
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18 Jul 1976 Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
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18 Jul 1976 Stockhausens "Sirius, " premieres in New York City
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18 Jul 1976 Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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18 Jul 1976 Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
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18 Jul 1977 Vietnam becomes member of UN
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18 Jul 1978 Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
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18 Jul 1978 Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
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18 Jul 1979 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
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18 Jul 1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
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18 Jul 1980 Quett Masire installed as President of Botswana
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18 Jul 1980 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
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18 Jul 1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
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18 Jul 1981 Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
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18 Jul 1982 "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 performances
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18 Jul 1982 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
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18 Jul 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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18 Jul 1982 Two hundred sixty-eight campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guatemala.
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18 Jul 1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
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18 Jul 1984 Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco
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18 Jul 1984 McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
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18 Jul 1984 James Huberty kills 21 McDonalds patrons in San Ysidro Calif
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18 Jul 1986 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
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18 Jul 1986 Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
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18 Jul 1986 A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
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18 Jul 1986 Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains
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18 Jul 1987 Molly Yard elected new President of National Organization for Women
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18 Jul 1987 New York Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
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18 Jul 1987 Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
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18 Jul 1987 Yanks Don Mattingly ties major league record of HRs in 8 cons games
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18 Jul 1988 Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
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18 Jul 1988 Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
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18 Jul 1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
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18 Jul 1991 Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
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18 Jul 1992 Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
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18 Jul 1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English Prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
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18 Jul 1992 Sharon Belden, of Florida, 25, crowned Miss World USA
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18 Jul 1992 Singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown marry
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18 Jul 1992 The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
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18 Jul 1993 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St. George
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18 Jul 1993 Afghanistan President Ishaq Khan and Premier Nawaz Sharif resign
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18 Jul 1993 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time
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18 Jul 1993 Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
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18 Jul 1994 Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
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18 Jul 1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
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18 Jul 1994 Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
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18 Jul 1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
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18 Jul 1994 New York Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
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18 Jul 1994 The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
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18 Jul 1994 Rwandan Genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
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18 Jul 1995 DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
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18 Jul 1995 On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.
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18 Jul 1995 Dreaming of You by Selena, released posthumously, became the best-selling Latin album in the United States. It was noted by Billboard magazine as a "historic event" for Latin music.
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18 Jul 1996 Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever: the Saguenay Flood.
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18 Jul 1996 Battle of Mullaitivu: the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
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18 Jul 2012 At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
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18 Jul 2013 The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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