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This day in history: 18 July

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362 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 18 July.
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2019: A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Arnulf of Metz

Christian feast day: Bruno of Segni

Christian feast day: Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only)

Christian feast day: Eadburh (or Edburga) of Bicester

Christian feast day: Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Frederick of Utrecht

Christian feast day: July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Maternus of Milan

Christian feast day: Pambo

Christian feast day: Philastrius

Christian feast day: Symphorosa

Christian feast day: Theodosia of Constantinople

Events

2019A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.

2014The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

2013The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

2012At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.

2002A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado, killing both crew members.

1996Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.

1996Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.

1995On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.

1994Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.

1994The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.

1992A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.

1984McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police.

1982Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.

1981A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four.

1979A landslide occurs on the Iliwerung volcano in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing.

1976Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1970An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.

1968Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.

1966A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.

1966Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

1944World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.

1942The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.

1942World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.

1925Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.

1914The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.

1872The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.

1870The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.

1863American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held

1862First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

1857Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.

1841Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

1812The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.

1806A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.

1723Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136, in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after Trinity.

1555The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.

1507In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, a year after inheriting the title.

1389France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.

1334The 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.

1290King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England.

1216Election of pope Honorius III following the death of pope Innocent III two days prior.

Born on this day

2007Cameron Boozer, American basketball player

2006Caleb Wilson, American basketball player

2001Agustina Roth, Argentine BMX rider

2000Sarah Kinsley, American singer-songwriter

1999Miro Heiskanen, Finnish ice hockey player

1997Bam Adebayo, American basketball player

1997Fionn Whitehead, English actor

1997Noah Lyles, American sprinter

1996Shudufhadzo Musida, Miss South Africa 2020

1996Smriti Mandhana, Indian cricketer

1996Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter

1994Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer

1993Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor

1993Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player

1992Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player

1991Eugenio Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player

1991Mandy Rose, American wrestler and television personality

1990Canelo Álvarez, Mexican boxer

1989Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player

1989Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer

1989Yohan Mollo, French footballer

1988Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer

1988César Villaluz, Mexican footballer

1987Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player

1986Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer

1985Chace Crawford, American actor

1985James Norton, English actor

1985Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer

1984Ben Askren, American mixed martial artist and boxer

1983Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer

1983Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer

1983Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer

1983Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete

1983Mishaal Al-Saeed, Saudi Arabian footballer

1982Carlo Costly, Honduran footballer

1982Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer

1982Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1981Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player

1981Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor

1980David Blu, American–Israeli basketball player

Died on this day

2026Chen Gang, Chinese composer (born 1935)

2026Zdeněk Chovanec, Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese racing driver (born 2004)

2025Edwin Feulner, American political scientist (born 1941)

2024Abner Haynes, American football player (born 1937)

2024Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (born 1929)

2024Lou Dobbs, American political commentator and television host (born 1945)

2023Oommen Chandy, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1943)

2021Tom O'Connor, English comedian (born 1939)

2018Adrian Cronauer, American radio personality (born 1938)

2018Jonathan Gold, American food critic (born 1960)

2015Alex Rocco, American actor (born 1936)

2015Buddy Buie, American songwriter, producer and publisher (born 1941)

2014Andreas Biermann, German footballer (born 1980)

2014Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

2014João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (born 1941)

2013Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and academic (born 1953)

2013Vaali, Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (born 1931)

2012Assef Shawkat, Syrian general and politician (born 1950)

2012Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1947)

2012Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1935)

2012Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)

2012Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (born 1942)

2012Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)

2009Henry Allingham, English soldier (born 1896)

2009Jill Balcon, English actress (born 1925)

2007Jerry Hadley, American tenor (born 1952)

2007Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (born 1908)

2006Henry Hewes, American theater writer (born 1917)

2005Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (born 1976)

2005William Westmoreland, American general (born 1914)

Quote of the day

“Nothing is so certain as that the evils of idleness can be shaken off by hard work.”

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