July 18
Today is the 199th day of 2017, there are 166 days left in the year.
64 - A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them.
1536 - Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.
1872 - Britain enacted voting by secret ballot.
1918 - Nelson Mandela, a leading anti-apartheid figure and South Africa's first black president, was born in Mvezo.
1925 - The first volume of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was published.
1932 - The United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa.
1944 - Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. American forces in France captured the Normandy town of St. Lo.
1947 - President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in line of succession after the vice president.
1955 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and French Premier Edgar Faure held a summit in Geneva.
1969 - A car driven by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, died.
1984 - Walter Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in San Francisco.
1989 - Actress Rebecca Schaeffer, age 21, was shot to death in her Los Angeles home by an obsessed fan. (The killing prompted California in 1990 to pass the nation's first anti-stalking law.)
1998 - A 23-foot tsunami along the coast of Papua New Guinea killed nearly 3,000 people.
2005 - An unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Alabama, to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.
2011 - Gen. David Petraeus handed over command of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan to Gen. John Allen.
2016 - President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War credited with helping rescue more than 40 American soldiers under heavy fire.
Birthdays
32 - Chance Crawford (actor)
35 - Priyanka Chopra (actress)
36 - Michiel Huisman (actor)
37 - Kristen Bell (actress)
41 - Elsa Pataky (model)
42 - MIA (rapper)
46 - Penny Hardaway (basketball player)
50 - Vin Diesel (actor)
53 - Wendy Williams (TV host)
59 - Diana Williams (journalist)
67 - Richard Branson (entrepreneur)
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Today in Sports History - July 18
1913 - After 68 straight innings, New York Giants' pitcher Christy Mathewson gives up a walk.
1927 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb recorded his 4,000th career hit.
1947 - Detroit Tigers shut out New York Yankees 2-0, end 19-game win streak.
1948 - Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits four home runs in a game.
1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott knocks out Ezzard Charles in five rounds for heavyweight belt. At age 37 Walcott is the oldest boxer to win the title.
1954 - Saint Louis Cardinals, losing 8-1 to Philadelphia Phillies begin stalling in 5th; they forfeit game.
1960 - The National League votes to add new franchises in Houston and New York.
1964 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds hit the only grand slam home run of his career.
1970 - Ron Hunt of the San Francisco Giants was hit by a pitch for the 119th time in his career.
1970 - Willie Mays records his 3,000th career hit.
1976 - Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned her first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympic Games in Montreal. She went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals.
1978 - New York Yankees manager Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting when instructed to do so.
1987 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly ties major league record (Dale Long, 1956) of home runs in eight consecutive games.
1999 - David Cone of the New York Yankees pitched the 16th perfect game in modern major league baseball history in a game against the Montreal Expos.
Today is the 199th day of 2017, there are 166 days left in the year.
64 - A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them.
1536 - Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.
1872 - Britain enacted voting by secret ballot.
1918 - Nelson Mandela, a leading anti-apartheid figure and South Africa's first black president, was born in Mvezo.
1925 - The first volume of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was published.
1932 - The United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa.
1944 - Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. American forces in France captured the Normandy town of St. Lo.
1947 - President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in line of succession after the vice president.
1955 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and French Premier Edgar Faure held a summit in Geneva.
1969 - A car driven by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, died.
1984 - Walter Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in San Francisco.
1989 - Actress Rebecca Schaeffer, age 21, was shot to death in her Los Angeles home by an obsessed fan. (The killing prompted California in 1990 to pass the nation's first anti-stalking law.)
1998 - A 23-foot tsunami along the coast of Papua New Guinea killed nearly 3,000 people.
2005 - An unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Alabama, to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.
2011 - Gen. David Petraeus handed over command of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan to Gen. John Allen.
2016 - President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War credited with helping rescue more than 40 American soldiers under heavy fire.
Birthdays
32 - Chance Crawford (actor)
35 - Priyanka Chopra (actress)
36 - Michiel Huisman (actor)
37 - Kristen Bell (actress)
41 - Elsa Pataky (model)
42 - MIA (rapper)
46 - Penny Hardaway (basketball player)
50 - Vin Diesel (actor)
53 - Wendy Williams (TV host)
59 - Diana Williams (journalist)
67 - Richard Branson (entrepreneur)
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Today in Sports History - July 18
1913 - After 68 straight innings, New York Giants' pitcher Christy Mathewson gives up a walk.
1927 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb recorded his 4,000th career hit.
1947 - Detroit Tigers shut out New York Yankees 2-0, end 19-game win streak.
1948 - Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits four home runs in a game.
1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott knocks out Ezzard Charles in five rounds for heavyweight belt. At age 37 Walcott is the oldest boxer to win the title.
1954 - Saint Louis Cardinals, losing 8-1 to Philadelphia Phillies begin stalling in 5th; they forfeit game.
1960 - The National League votes to add new franchises in Houston and New York.
1964 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds hit the only grand slam home run of his career.
1970 - Ron Hunt of the San Francisco Giants was hit by a pitch for the 119th time in his career.
1970 - Willie Mays records his 3,000th career hit.
1976 - Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned her first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympic Games in Montreal. She went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals.
1978 - New York Yankees manager Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting when instructed to do so.
1987 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly ties major league record (Dale Long, 1956) of home runs in eight consecutive games.
1999 - David Cone of the New York Yankees pitched the 16th perfect game in modern major league baseball history in a game against the Montreal Expos.
