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  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  On this day in history kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On July - 18 race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)   

1965  On July - 18 zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit   

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

1965  On July - 18 shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64   

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 July - 18.   

1966  On this day in history bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22   

1967  Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY on this day in history.   

1967  On July - 18 humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66   

1968  C Torres discovers asteroid #2654 Ristenpart on July - 18.   

1968  On this day in history intel incorporates   

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

1969  On this day in history joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL   

1969  Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge on this day in history.   

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

1970  Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily on July - 18.   

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  Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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  World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed on July - 18.   

1975  On this day in history federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on July - 18.   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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

1552  On July - 18 birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on July - 18.   

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0715  On this day in history death of muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)   

1100  On July - 18 godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on July - 18.   

1488  On this day in history death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on this day in history.   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1608  On July - 18 joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61