Page 6: Historical Events In July - 18

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

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

1960  1st UN troops reach Congo on July - 18.   

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning   

1963  On July - 18 failed military coup in Syria   

1963  A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies on this day in history.   

1964  Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln) on July - 18.   

1965  Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit on July - 18.   

1965  On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open   

1965  Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history gemini 10 launched   

1966  On this day in history 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 July - 18.   

1966  Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22 on July - 18.   

1967  On July - 18 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  On this day in history 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  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  Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 on July - 18.   

1970  On July - 18 arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily   

1970  Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time on July - 18.   

1970  Willie Mays hits # 3,000 on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns   

1973  On this day in history 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  On this day in history world's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed   

1975  On July - 18 federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74   

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1340  On this day in history birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  On July - 18 birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  On July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

1634  On July - 18 birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)   

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

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

0640  On July - 18 arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.   

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

1374  On this day in history francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

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

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on July - 18.   

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