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What happend on 18. July in History
In our data base we found 300 events happened on 18. July:
• 362: 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. [category: Events]
• 1100: Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight (b. 1016) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1300: Gerard Segarelli, Italian founder of the Apostolic Brethren (b. 1240) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
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• 1342: Mu'izz al-Din Husayn defeats the Sarbadars in the Battle of Zava. [category: Events]
• 1389: Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1391: Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River – Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present day southeast Russia. [category: Events]
• 1488: Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) [category: Deaths]
• 1501: Isabella of Austria (d. 1526) [category: Births]
• 1504: Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) [category: Births]
• 1552: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612) [category: Births]
• 1555: The College of Arms was reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain. [category: Events]
• 1591: Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1608: Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546) [category: Deaths]
• 1610: Caravaggio, Italian artist (b. 1573) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: Johannes Camphuys, Dutch statesman (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1635: Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1639: Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (b. 1604) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: Polish-Lithuanian forces clash 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. [category: Events]
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• 1659: Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743) [category: Births]
• 1670: Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian composer (d. 1747) [category: Births]
• 1695: Johannes Camphuys, Dutch Governor-General (b. 1634) [category: Deaths]
• 1698: Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1720: Gilbert White, English naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1721: Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1724: Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, German singer and composer (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1730: François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) [category: Deaths]
• 1756: Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: John Paul Jones, American navy commander (b. 1747) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1811: William Makepeace Thackeray, English author (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1812: The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars. [category: Events]
• 1817: Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish politician and writer, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1821: Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1837: Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1845: Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1848: W. G. Grace, English cricketer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1850: Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1852: Anthony Sweijs, Dutch sports shooter (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1853: Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1862: Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1862: First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps. [category: Events]
• 1863: Robert Gould Shaw, American military officer (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island – the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner. [category: Events]
• 1864: Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1867: Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist, RMS Titanic survivor (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1870: The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. [category: Events]
• 1871: Sada Yacco, Japanese actress (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1872: Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, President of Mexico (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Adolf Spinnler, Swiss gymnast (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1881: Larry McLean, baseball player (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1884: Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1884: Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., American general (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1887: Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier, politician, and traitor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1889: Kōichi Kido, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1890: Frank Forde, Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1892: Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1892: Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1895: Olga Spessivtseva, Russian ballerina (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1897: Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1898: John Stuart, Scottish actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1899: Ernst Scheller, German politician (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1899: Horatio Alger, Jr., American writer (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Nathalie Sarraute, French writer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jessamyn West, American writer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: Chill Wills, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1906: Clifford Odets, American writer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1906: S. I. Hayakawa, American semanticist and politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1908: Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1908: Mildred Lisette Norman, American activist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1909: Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1909: Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1910: Diptendu Pramanick, Indian film personality (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1911: Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1912: Max Rousié, French rugby player (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1913: Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1914: Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1914: The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1916: Johnny Hopp, American baseball player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nelson Mandela, South African politician, President of South Africa and Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1918: Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Eric Brandon, English race car driver (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1921: Aaron_Beck, American psychiatrist and psychoterapist [category: Births]
• 1921: John Glenn, American astronaut and politician [category: Births]
• 1921: Richard Leacock, English director (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor and engineer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Friedrich Zimmermann, German politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Hubert Doggart, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1925: Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1925: Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal and Archbishop (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. [category: Events]
• 1926: Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1926: Robert Sloman, English writer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1927: Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Kurt Masur, German conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: Dick Button, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1929: Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Burt Kwouk, English actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert Ellis Miller, American director [category: Births]
• 1933: Jean Yanne, French actor and director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: Syd Mead, American artist and designer [category: Births]
• 1933: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet [category: Births]
• 1934: Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1934: Roger Reynolds, American composer and teacher [category: Births]
• 1935: Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian 69th Shankaracharya [category: Births]
• 1936: Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1936: Army uprising in Spanish Morocco starts Spanish Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1937: Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1937: Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1937: Julian Bell, English poet (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (The Rolling Stones and Rocket 88) (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1938: Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1938: Marie of Romania (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Brian Auger, English keyboard player (CAB and The Steampacket) [category: Births]
• 1939: Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter (Dion and the Belmonts) [category: Births]
• 1939: Edward Gramlich, American economics professor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1939: Jerry Moore, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1940: James Brolin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1941: Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1941: Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1941: Martha Reeves, American singer, actress, and politician (Martha and the Vandellas and The Fascinations) [category: Births]
• 1942: Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Bobby Susser, American musician, songwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1942: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using only its jet engines for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1944: David Hemery, English hurdler [category: Births]
• 1944: Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet and author (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort. [category: Events]
• 1946: Doug McFarland, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Leo Madder, Belgian actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Steve Mahoney, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1948: Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1948: Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1949: Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Glenn Hughes, American singer, dancer, and actor (Village People) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1950: Jack Layton, Canadian politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Jerome Barkum, American football player [category: Births]
• 1950: Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Mark Udall, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group [category: Births]
• 1951: Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Margo Martindale, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Jack Earle, American actor (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Warren Wiebe, American singer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1953: Lucy Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (New South) [category: Births]
• 1954: Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor [category: Births]
• 1955: Terry Chambers, English drummer (XTC and Dragon) [category: Births]
• 1955: The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public. [category: Events]
• 1956: Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager, and coach [category: Births]
• 1957: Keith Levene, English musician, songwriter, and producer (Public Image Ltd, The Flowers of Romance, and The Clash) [category: Births]
• 1957: Nick Faldo, English golfer [category: Births]
• 1960: Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1961: Elizabeth McGovern, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: M.J. Alexander, American author and photographer [category: Births]
• 1962: Jack Irons, American singer and musician (The Wallflowers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, and Eleven) [category: Births]
• 1962: Jensen Buchanan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Lee Arenberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, actor, and writer [category: Births]
• 1963: Al Snow, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Martín Torrijos, Panamanian politician, 35th President of Panama [category: Births]
• 1963: Mike Greenwell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Wendy Williams, American talk show host, actress, and author [category: Births]
• 1965: Jim Bob Duggar, American real estate agent, author, and politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano [category: Births]
• 1966: Lori Alan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. [category: Events]
• 1967: Vin Diesel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Alex Désert, Haitian-American actor and singer (Hepcat) [category: Births]
• 1968: Grant Bowler, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Manfred Toeppen, American water polo player (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Intel is founded in Santa Clara, California. [category: Events]
• 1969: Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler and politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Mary Jo Kopechne, American teacher and secretary (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1970: Cheryl Casone, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1971: Penny Hardaway, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Jack Hawkins, English actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Alan Morrison, English poet [category: Births]
• 1975: Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (System of a Down and Scars on Broadway) [category: Births]
• 1975: M.I.A., English singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Torii Hunter, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Valerie Cruz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [category: Events]
• 1977: Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess player [category: Births]
• 1977: Alfian Sa'at, Singaporean poet and playwright [category: Births]
• 1977: Dylan Lane, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1977: Kelly Reilly, English actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Annie Mac, Irish radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1978: Ben Sheets, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Mélissa Theuriau, French journalist [category: Births]
• 1978: Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Adam Birch, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Deion Branch, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jared Hess, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Jason Weaver, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Jermaine Paul, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1980: Kristen Bell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Dominika Luzarová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Priyanka Chopra, Indian model, actress, and singer, Miss World 2000 [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1982: Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer and composer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: 268 campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guatemala. [category: Events]
• 1983: Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and musician (Underoath and The Almost) [category: Births]
• 1983: Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Grigori Kromanov, Estonian film and theatre director (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1985: Chace Crawford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Hopsin, American rapper, producer, director, and actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Louisa Ghijs, Belgian actress (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Shahnawaz Bhutto, Pakistani son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter. [category: Events]
• 1988: César Villaluz, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sofia Kvatsabaia, Georgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Nico, German singer-songwriter, actress, and model (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Yohan Mollo, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Marika Nezer, Greek actress (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Offenbach) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian and writer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Yoon Boseon, South Korean politician and activist, 4th President of South Korea (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1992: The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima. [category: Events]
• 1993: Lee Taemin, South Korean singer, dancer rapper, and actor [category: Births]
• 1994: The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300. [category: Events]
• 1995: Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Srinagarindra, Thai wife of Mahidol Adulyadej (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1996: Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers. [category: Events]
• 1996: Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever: the Saguenay Flood. [category: Events]
• 1997: Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Meir Ariel, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle designer and engineer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Victor Emery, English physicist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Giuliano Stroe, Romanian bodybuilder and gymnast [category: Births]
• 2004: Paul Foot, English journalist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Émile Peynaud, French wine maker (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William Westmoreland, American military officer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jerry Hadley, American tenor (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John Kronus, American wrestler (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Henry Allingham, English super-centenarian (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jill Balcon, English actress (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Assef Shawkat, Syrian politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian politician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank "Pancho" Martin, Cuban-American horse trainer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hafez Makhlouf, Syrian military officer (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hasan Turkmani, Syrian politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Matthews, Welsh rugby player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor and producer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Robert Creamer, American writer and editor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 390_bc: Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome. [category: Events]
• 715: Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general (b. 695) [category: Deaths]
• _: Arnulf of Metz [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Uruguay) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Frederick of Utrecht [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marina of Aguas Santas [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nelson Mandela International Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Symphorosa [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teneu [category: Holidays and observances]