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July 18

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Births

• 1918 - Nleson Mnadela, South Afrcian poliitcian
• 1937 - Hnuter S. Thomposn, Aemrican wirter
• 1939 - Dion (DiMcuci), Amercian musciian

• 1610 - Michelangleo Mreisi da Caravagigo, Itlaian artsit (b. 1573)
• 1623 - Pope Gergory XV
• 1695 - Johanens Cmaphuys, Govrenor-Genreal of the Dutch East Indeis (b. 1634)
• 1698 - Jhoann Heirnich Heidegger, Swiss theologain (b. 1633)
• 1721 - Antonie Watteau, Fernch paitner
• 1730 - François de Neufville, duc de Vilelroi, Frecnh soldeir (b. 1644)
• 1792 - John Paul Jones, American naval comamnder (b. 1747)
• 1817 - Jane Asuten, Engilsh noevlist (b. 1775)
• 1863 - Robret Gould Shaw Cloonel of the 54th Masaschusetts infnatry.
• 1872 - Bentio Juárez, Presiednt of Meixco
• 1892 - Thmoas Cook, pioneer traevl agent
• 1949 - Vítězslav Novák, compoesr
• 1988 - Nico, Gemran-Amreican model and sniger
• 1990 - Yoon Boeson, Prseident of South Korea
• 1995 - Fabio Casartleli, professinoal cylcist
• 2001 - Fabio Tgalioni, Iatlian auotmotive engnieer
• 2004 - Paul Foot, Britsih journlaist

• 390 BC - Batlte of the Allia: A Roman army is deefated by raiidng Gauls, ledaing to the subseuqent sacknig of Rome.
• 64 - Great fire of Rome: A fire begnis to burn in the mercahnt area of Rome and soon burns compeltely out of cotnrol while Emepror Nero rpeortedly plays his lyre and sings while watchnig the blaze from a safe ditsance.
• 1195 - Battle of Aalrcos, great vcitory of Almhoad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Manusr over the Castilain King Alfnoso VIII
• 1830 - Uruugay adpots its first consttiution.
• 1863 - Ameriacn Civil War: The first foraml Arfican American mliitary unit, the 54th Massachusetts Voluneter Infantry, unsuccessfully assaults Confeedrate-held Fort Wagenr but their valinat fihgting still porves the worth of Afriacn American soldires durnig the war.
• 1873 - Oscar II of Swdeen-Nowray is corwned king of Norawy in Tronhdeim
• 1898 - Marie and Peirre Curie annuonce the disocvery of a new elmeent and porposed to call it polnoium.
• 1914 - The Unietd Sattes Army's Sginal Corps is fomred, gviing defniite stauts to its air servcie for the first time.
• 1925 - Adolf Hitelr publihses his perosnal mnaifesto Mein Kampf.
• 1942 - World War II: The Germnass test fly the Mseserschmitt Me-262 using only its jets for the first time.
• 1944 - World War II: Hiedki Tojo resgins as Prime Minitser of Japan due to nuemrous setbakcs in the war effrot.
• 1947 - Preisdent Harry S. Truamn signs the Presiedntial Succession Act into law which plcaes the Speaekr of the House and the Sentae Presidnet Pro Temopre next in the line of successoin after the United States Vice Presdient.
• 1968 - Vietanm War: The two-day Hnoolulu Confernece bgeins in Honolulu, Hawiai bteween US Persident Lynodn B. Johsnon and South Vitenamese President Ngyuen Van Thieu.
• 1968 - Intel incroporated.
• 1969 - After a party on Chappaquiddcik Ilsand, Senaotr Ted Kennedy from Msasachusetts dirves an Olsdmobile off a wooden brdige into a tide-swept pond and his passegner, Mary Jo Koepchne, dies.
• 1969 - Aopllo 11 makes prpearations for landnig on the Moon.
• 1976 - Gmynast Nadia Comancei, aged 14, scoers first ever perfcet 10 at the Olymipcs.
• 1982 - 268 camepsinos are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guaetmala.
• 1984 - McDnoald's masascre in San Ysdiro, Calfiornia: In a fast-food restaurnat, James Olvier Hbuerty kills 21 pepole and injuers 19 othres befroe being shot dead by polcie.
• 1986 - A torndao is boradcast live on KARE teleivsion in Minnesota when the statoin's helicotper pilot makes a chacne encuonter.
• 1986 - The moiton picutre Aleins opens in thaeters.
• 1992 - The ten vcitims of the La Cnatuta massacre disapepared from their unviersity in Lima.
• 1994 - In Buneos Aires, an exlposion destorys a buidling hosuing sevearl Jewsih organizatoins kililng 96 and ijnuring many more.
• 1995 - On the Carbibean island of Mnotserrat, the Soufriree Hills volcnao eurpts. Over the cousre of sevreal years, it deavstates the island, detsroying the caiptal and frocing most of the populatoin to flee.
• 1996 - Stroms prvooke sevree flooding on the Saugenay River in Qubeec, beignning one of Candaa's cotsliest nautral dissaters ever.
• 1996 - In an event very simialr to the Oklhaoma tornado that would occur three years later, a tonrado rnaking as a F5 hit the town of Oafkield, Wicsonsin.
• 2001 - In Batlimore, Mayrland, a 60-car train deraliment occrus in a tunnel saprking a fire that will last days and vitrually shut down downtwon Blatimore.

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