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| July 18th, 2064 (July 18 2064) | Event | Great fire of Rome: A fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control while Emperor Nero reportedly plays his lyre and sings while watching the blaze from a safe distance. | |
| July 18th, 2007 (July 18 2007) | Death | George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler | |
| July 18th, 2007 (July 18 2007) | Death | Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (born in 1952) | |
| July 18th, 2007 (July 18 2007) | Death | Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese communist politician (born in 1908) | |
| July 18th, 2005 (July 18 2005) | Death | William Westmoreland, U.S. Army general (born in 1914) | |
| July 18th, 2005 (July 18 2005) | Death | Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1938) | |
| July 18th, 2004 (July 18 2004) | Death | Paul Foot, British journalist (born in 1937) | |
| July 18th, 2004 (July 18 2004) | Death | Emile Peynaud, French oenologist (born in 1912) | |
| July 18th, 2002 (July 18 2002) | Death | Victor Emery, British theoretical physicist (born in 1933) | |
| July 18th, 2001 (July 18 2001) | Death | James Hatfield, American author (born in 1958) | |
| July 18th, 2001 (July 18 2001) | Death | Fabio Taglioni, Italian automotive engineer (born in 1920) | |
| July 18th, 1997 (July 18 1997) | Death | Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (born in 1928) | |
| July 18th, 1996 (July 18 1996) | Event | Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec s costliest natural disasters ever. | |
| July 18th, 1995 (July 18 1995) | Event | On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee. | Roy Bean Quotes |
| July 18th, 1995 (July 18 1995) | Death | Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (born in 1970) | |
| July 18th, 1992 (July 18 1992) | Event | The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappeared from their university in Lima. | |
| July 18th, 1990 (July 18 1990) | Death | Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (born in 1897) | |
| July 18th, 1990 (July 18 1990) | Death | Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (born in 1896) | |
| July 18th, 1990 (July 18 1990) | Death | Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (born in 1946) | |
| July 18th, 1990 (July 18 1990) | Death | Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (born in 1918) | |
| July 18th, 1989 (July 18 1989) | Death | Donnie Moore, baseball player (suicide) (born in 1954) | |
| July 18th, 1988 (July 18 1988) | Death | Nico, German-born model and singer (born in 1938) | |
| July 18th, 1986 (July 18 1986) | Event | A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter. | |
| July 18th, 1985 (July 18 1985) | Birth | Chace Crawford, American actor | |
| July 18th, 1985 (July 18 1985) | Death | Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto | |
| July 18th, 1984 (July 18 1984) | Event | 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. | Donald James Quotes |
| July 18th, 1984 (July 18 1984) | Event | Beverly Lynn Burns becomes first woman Boeing 747 airline captain in the world. | |
| July 18th, 1982 (July 18 1982) | Event | 268 campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sanchez massacre in Rios Montt s Guatemala. | |
| July 18th, 1982 (July 18 1982) | Birth | Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen | |
| July 18th, 1982 (July 18 1982) | Birth | Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host | |
| July 18th, 1982 (July 18 1982) | Birth | Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer | |
| July 18th, 1982 (July 18 1982) | Death | Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (born in 1902) | |
| July 18th, 1980 (July 18 1980) | Birth | Kristen Bell, American actress | |
| July 18th, 1979 (July 18 1979) | Birth | Rick Baxter, American politician | |
| July 18th, 1979 (July 18 1979) | Birth | Deion Branch, football player | |
| July 18th, 1979 (July 18 1979) | Birth | Jared Hess, American film director and screenwriter | |
| July 18th, 1979 (July 18 1979) | Birth | Joey Mercury, American professional wrestler | |
| July 18th, 1979 (July 18 1979) | Birth | Jermaine Paul, American musician | |
| July 18th, 1978 (July 18 1978) | Birth | Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player | |
| July 18th, 1978 (July 18 1978) | Birth | Ben Sheets, American baseball player | |
| July 18th, 1978 (July 18 1978) | Birth | Melissa Theuriau, French newscaster | |
| July 18th, 1978 (July 18 1978) | Birth | Veronica Romeo, Spanish singer | |
| July 18th, 1977 (July 18 1977) | Birth | Dylan Lane, American television host | |
| July 18th, 1977 (July 18 1977) | Birth | Alfian bin Sa at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright | |
| July 18th, 1976 (July 18 1976) | Birth | Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress | |
| July 18th, 1975 (July 18 1975) | Birth | Torii Hunter, baseball player | |
| July 18th, 1975 (July 18 1975) | Birth | Daron Malakian, American guitarist | |
| July 18th, 1974 (July 18 1974) | Birth | Alan Morrison, British poet | |
| July 18th, 1973 (July 18 1973) | Death | Jack Hawkins, English film actor (born in 1910) | |
| July 18th, 1972 (July 18 1972) | Event | Staines air disaster118 killed as plane crashes 2 minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport | |
| July 18th, 1971 (July 18 1971) | Birth | Penny Hardaway, American basketball player | |
| July 18th, 1969 (July 18 1969) | Event | After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies. | |
| July 18th, 1969 (July 18 1969) | Birth | Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| July 18th, 1969 (July 18 1969) | Death | Mary Jo Kopechne, American Robert F. Kennedy campaign worker (born in 1940) | Robert F. Kennedy Quotes |
| July 18th, 1968 (July 18 1968) | Death | Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1892) | |
| July 18th, 1967 (July 18 1967) | Birth | Vin Diesel, American actor | |
| July 18th, 1966 (July 18 1966) | Event | Gemini 10 launched. | |
| July 18th, 1966 (July 18 1966) | Birth | Lori Alan, American actress | |
| July 18th, 1966 (July 18 1966) | Death | Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (born in 1942) | |
| July 18th, 1965 (July 18 1965) | Event | Zond 3 launched. | |
| July 18th, 1964 (July 18 1964) | Birth | Wendy Williams, radio host | |
| July 18th, 1963 (July 18 1963) | Birth | Martin Torrijos Espino, President of Panama | |
| July 18th, 1963 (July 18 1963) | Birth | Mike Greenwell, baseball player | |
| July 18th, 1963 (July 18 1963) | Birth | Al Snow, American professional wrestler | |
| July 18th, 1962 (July 18 1962) | Birth | Lee Arenberg, American actor | |
| July 18th, 1962 (July 18 1962) | Birth | Jack Irons, American drummer | |
| July 18th, 1961 (July 18 1961) | Birth | Elizabeth McGovern, American-born actress | |
| July 18th, 1960 (July 18 1960) | Birth | Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress | |
| July 18th, 1957 (July 18 1957) | Birth | Nick Faldo, English golfer | |
| July 18th, 1956 (July 18 1956) | Birth | Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager and coach | |
| July 18th, 1955 (July 18 1955) | Birth | Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor | |
| July 18th, 1954 (July 18 1954) | Birth | Ricky Skaggs, American country/bluegrass musician | |
| July 18th, 1954 (July 18 1954) | Death | George Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (born in 1895) | |
| July 18th, 1953 (July 18 1953) | Death | Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (born in 1868) | William Booth Quotes |
| July 18th, 1952 (July 18 1952) | Death | Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (born in 1862) | |
| July 18th, 1951 (July 18 1951) | Birth | Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician | |
| July 18th, 1951 (July 18 1951) | Birth | Margo Martindale, American actress | |
| July 18th, 1950 (July 18 1950) | Birth | Jerome Barkum, American football player | |
| July 18th, 1950 (July 18 1950) | Birth | Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur | |
| July 18th, 1950 (July 18 1950) | Birth | Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (died in 2001) | |
| July 18th, 1950 (July 18 1950) | Birth | Jack Layton, Canadian politician | |
| July 18th, 1950 (July 18 1950) | Birth | Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer | |
| July 18th, 1949 (July 18 1949) | Death | Vitezslav Novak, Czech composer (born in 1870) | |
| July 18th, 1948 (July 18 1948) | Birth | Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| July 18th, 1948 (July 18 1948) | Death | Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (born in 1877) | |
| July 18th, 1947 (July 18 1947) | Birth | Steve Forbes, American entrepreneur and politician | |
| July 18th, 1947 (July 18 1947) | Birth | Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician | |
| July 18th, 1946 (July 18 1946) | Birth | Leo Madder, Belgian actor | |
| July 18th, 1944 (July 18 1944) | Event | World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort. | |
| July 18th, 1944 (July 18 1944) | Death | Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet, author and artist (born in 1870) | Thomas Sturge Moore Quotes |
| July 18th, 1942 (July 18 1942) | Event | World War II: The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jets for the first time. | |
| July 18th, 1942 (July 18 1942) | Birth | Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician | Adolf Ogi Quotes |
| July 18th, 1942 (July 18 1942) | Birth | Bobby Susser, American songwriter and record producer | |
| July 18th, 1942 (July 18 1942) | Birth | Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (died in 2006) | |
| July 18th, 1941 (July 18 1941) | Birth | Frank Farian, German music producer | |
| July 18th, 1941 (July 18 1941) | Birth | Lonnie Mack, American guitarist and singer | |
| July 18th, 1941 (July 18 1941) | Birth | Martha Reeves, American singer | |
| July 18th, 1940 (July 18 1940) | Birth | James Brolin, American actor | |
| July 18th, 1940 (July 18 1940) | Birth | Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager | Joe Torre Quotes |
| July 18th, 1939 (July 18 1939) | Birth | Dion DiMucci, American singer | |
| July 18th, 1939 (July 18 1939) | Birth | Brian Auger, British musician | |
| July 18th, 1939 (July 18 1939) | Birth | Edward Gramlich, American economics professor (died in 2007) | |
| July 18th, 1939 (July 18 1939) | Birth | Jerry Moore, American football coach | |
| July 18th, 1938 (July 18 1938) | Birth | Paul Verhoeven, Dutch film director | |
| July 18th, 1938 (July 18 1938) | Birth | Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (died in 1985) | |
| July 18th, 1937 (July 18 1937) | Birth | Roald Hoffman, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| July 18th, 1937 (July 18 1937) | Birth | Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (died in 2005) | Hunter S. Thompson Quotes |
| July 18th, 1937 (July 18 1937) | Death | Julian Bell, British poet, killed in the Spanish Civil War (born in 1908) | Julian Quotes |
| July 18th, 1936 (July 18 1936) | Birth | Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 18th, 1935 (July 18 1935) | Birth | Jayendra Saraswathi, Hindu religious leader | |
| July 18th, 1934 (July 18 1934) | Birth | Darlene Conley, American actress (died in 2007) | |
| July 18th, 1934 (July 18 1934) | Birth | Roger Reynolds, American composer and teacher | |
| July 18th, 1933 (July 18 1933) | Birth | Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet | |
| July 18th, 1933 (July 18 1933) | Birth | Syd Mead, American industrial and conceptual designer | |
| July 18th, 1933 (July 18 1933) | Birth | Jean Yanne, French film actor and director (died in 2003) | |
| July 18th, 1930 (July 18 1930) | Birth | Burt Kwouk, English actor | |
| July 18th, 1929 (July 18 1929) | Birth | Dick Button, American figure skater | |
| July 18th, 1929 (July 18 1929) | Birth | Screamin Jay Hawkins, American singer (died in 2000) | |
| July 18th, 1927 (July 18 1927) | Birth | Kurt Masur, Silesian-born conductor | |
| July 18th, 1926 (July 18 1926) | Birth | Robert Sloman, writer (died in 2005) | |
| July 18th, 1926 (July 18 1926) | Birth | Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (died in 1987) | |
| July 18th, 1925 (July 18 1925) | Event | Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| July 18th, 1925 (July 18 1925) | Birth | Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (died in 2004) | |
| July 18th, 1925 (July 18 1925) | Death | Louis Nazaire Begin, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec (born in 1840) | |
| July 18th, 1924 (July 18 1924) | Birth | Inge Sorensen, Danish swimmer | |
| July 18th, 1923 (July 18 1923) | Birth | Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (died in 1997) | |
| July 18th, 1922 (July 18 1922) | Birth | Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (died in 1996) | Philo Quotes |
| July 18th, 1921 (July 18 1921) | Birth | John Glenn, American astronaut and politician | |
| July 18th, 1920 (July 18 1920) | Birth | Eric Brandon, British racing driver (died in 1982) | |
| July 18th, 1918 (July 18 1918) | Birth | Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
| July 18th, 1918 (July 18 1918) | Death | Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (born in 1864) | |
| July 18th, 1917 (July 18 1917) | Birth | Henri Salvador, French singer (died in 2008) | |
| July 18th, 1916 (July 18 1916) | Birth | Johnny Hopp, baseball player (died in 2003) | |
| July 18th, 1916 (July 18 1916) | Death | Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author | |
| July 18th, 1914 (July 18 1914) | Event | The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, this gives definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time. | |
| July 18th, 1914 (July 18 1914) | Birth | Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (died in 2000) | |
| July 18th, 1913 (July 18 1913) | Birth | Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (died in 1997) | |
| July 18th, 1911 (July 18 1911) | Birth | Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (died in 2003) | |
| July 18th, 1909 (July 18 1909) | Birth | Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat and President (died in 1989) | Andrei Gromyko Quotes |
| July 18th, 1909 (July 18 1909) | Birth | Mohammed Daoud Khan, President of Afghanistan (died in 1978) | Ghani Khan Quotes |
| July 18th, 1909 (July 18 1909) | Birth | Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (died in 1994) | |
| July 18th, 1908 (July 18 1908) | Birth | Lupe Velez, Mexican actress (died in 1944) | |
| July 18th, 1906 (July 18 1906) | Birth | S. I. Hayakawa, American semanticist and politician (died in 1992) | |
| July 18th, 1906 (July 18 1906) | Birth | Clifford Odets, American writer (died in 1963) | |
| July 18th, 1903 (July 18 1903) | Birth | Chill Wills, American actor (died in 1978) | |
| July 18th, 1902 (July 18 1902) | Birth | Jessamyn West, American writer (died in 1984) | Jessamyn West Quotes |
| July 18th, 1900 (July 18 1900) | Birth | Nathalie Sarraute, French writer (died in 1999) | |
| July 18th, 1899 (July 18 1899) | Death | Horatio Alger, Jr., American writer (born in 1832) | |
| July 18th, 1898 (July 18 1898) | Birth | John Stuart, Scottish actor (died in 1979) | John Scott Quotes |
| July 18th, 1897 (July 18 1897) | Birth | E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (died in 1935) | |
| July 18th, 1895 (July 18 1895) | Birth | George Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (died in 1954) | |
| July 18th, 1892 (July 18 1892) | Birth | Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (died in 1969) | |
| July 18th, 1892 (July 18 1892) | Death | Thomas Cook, English travel agent (born in 1808) | |
| July 18th, 1890 (July 18 1890) | Birth | Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1983) | |
| July 18th, 1887 (July 18 1887) | Birth | Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier, politician and convicted traitor (died in 1945) | |
| July 18th, 1884 (July 18 1884) | Birth | Alberto di Jorio, former head of the Vatican Bank and secretary of the 1958 conclave (died in 1979) | |
| July 18th, 1884 (July 18 1884) | Death | Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (born in 1829) | |
| July 18th, 1881 (July 18 1881) | Birth | Larry McLean, baseball player (died in 1921) | |
| July 18th, 1872 (July 18 1872) | Death | Benito Juarez, President of Mexico (born in 1806) | Benito Juarez Quotes |
| July 18th, 1871 (July 18 1871) | Birth | Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (died in 1946) | |
| July 18th, 1870 (July 18 1870) | Event | The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. | |
| July 18th, 1867 (July 18 1867) | Birth | Margaret Brown, American activist, philanthropist, and RMS Titanic passenger (died in 1932) | |
| July 18th, 1864 (July 18 1864) | Birth | Phillip Snowden, British politician (died in 1937) | |
| July 18th, 1863 (July 18 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris IslandThe first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, unsuccessfully assaults Confederate-held Battery Wagner but their valiant fighting still proves the worth of African American soldiers during the war. | |
| July 18th, 1863 (July 18 1863) | Death | Robert Gould Shaw, American military officer (born in 1837) | |
| July 18th, 1862 (July 18 1862) | Birth | Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (died in 1933) | |
| July 18th, 1857 (July 18 1857) | Event | Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall s war on the French. | |
| July 18th, 1853 (July 18 1853) | Birth | Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1928) | |
| July 18th, 1850 (July 18 1850) | Birth | Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (died in 1939) | Rose Hartwick Thorpe Quotes |
| July 18th, 1848 (July 18 1848) | Birth | W. G. Grace, English cricketer (died in 1915) | |
| July 18th, 1845 (July 18 1845) | Birth | Tristan Corbiere, French poet (died in 1875) | |
| July 18th, 1837 (July 18 1837) | Birth | Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (died in 1873) | |
| July 18th, 1821 (July 18 1821) | Birth | Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (died in 1910) | |
| July 18th, 1818 (July 18 1818) | Birth | Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (died in 1896) | |
| July 18th, 1817 (July 18 1817) | Death | Jane Austen, English novelist (born in 1775) | Jane Austen Quotes |
| July 18th, 1811 (July 18 1811) | Birth | William Makepeace Thackeray, English author (died in 1863) | William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes |
| July 18th, 1797 (July 18 1797) | Birth | Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (died in 1879) | Philo Quotes |
| July 18th, 1792 (July 18 1792) | Death | John Paul Jones, American naval commander (born in 1747) | John Paul Jones Quotes |
| July 18th, 1730 (July 18 1730) | Death | Francois de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (born in 1644) | |
| July 18th, 1721 (July 18 1721) | Death | Antoine Watteau, French painter (born in 1684) | |
| July 18th, 1720 (July 18 1720) | Birth | Gilbert White, English ornithologist (died in 1793) | |
| July 18th, 1718 (July 18 1718) | Birth | Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (died in 1808) | |
| July 18th, 1698 (July 18 1698) | Death | Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (born in 1633) | |
| July 18th, 1695 (July 18 1695) | Death | Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born in 1634) | |
| July 18th, 1670 (July 18 1670) | Birth | Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (died in 1747) | Bono Quotes |
| July 18th, 1656 (July 18 1656) | Event | Polish-Lithuanian forces clashes with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory. | |
| July 18th, 1639 (July 18 1639) | Death | Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (born in 1604) | |
| July 18th, 1635 (July 18 1635) | Birth | Robert Hooke, English scientist (died in 1703) | |
| July 18th, 1634 (July 18 1634) | Birth | Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died in 1695) | |
| July 18th, 1610 (July 18 1610) | Death | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (born in 1573) | |
| July 18th, 1608 (July 18 1608) | Death | Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (born in 1546) | |
| July 18th, 1591 (July 18 1591) | Death | Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (born in 1550) | |
| July 18th, 1552 (July 18 1552) | Birth | Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1612) | |
| July 18th, 1504 (July 18 1504) | Birth | Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (died in 1575) | |
| July 18th, 1501 (July 18 1501) | Birth | Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (died in 1526) | |
| July 18th, 1488 (July 18 1488) | Death | Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born in 1432) | |
| July 18th, 1334 (July 18 1334) | Event | The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundational stone laid for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone. | |
| July 18th, 1100 (July 18 1100) | Death | Godfrey of Bouillon, Protector of the Holy Sepulcher, de facto King of Jerusalem | |
| July 18th, 0715 (July 18 0715) | Death | Muhammad bin Qasim (born in 695) | |
| July 18th, 0390 (July 18 0390) | Event | Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the AlliaA Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome. | |
