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Notable anniversaries in history for today: July 18
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Howard Roberts in Burlington, New Jersey, USA; choral director (Leslie Uggams Show).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Inge Sörensen in Denmark; 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jonelle Allen in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Bessie - Palmerstown USA, Berringers).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Ricky Skaggs; singer ("Toy Hearts", "Two Different Worlds").
- 70th: 1954 - Saint Louis Cardinals, losing 8-1 to Philadelphia Phillies begin stalling in 5th; they forfeit game.
- 60th: 1964 - Race riot in Harlem, New York City; riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn).
- 50th: 1974 - World's tallest structure, 646m Polish radio mast, completed.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Josh Harding, Canadian hockey player (Minnesota Wild).
- 40th: 1984 - In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed by police.
- 30th: 1994 - In Buenos Aires, a terrorist attack destroys a building housing several Jewish organizations, killing 85 and injuring many more.
- 30th: 1994 - Trailing 11-0 after three innings, the Houston Astros pull off a major comeback defeating the Saint Louis Cardinals, 15-12.
- 25th: 1999 - David Cone pitches a perfect game, the 16th in history, as the New York Yankees defeat the Montreal Expos, 6-0, to celebrate Yogi Berra Day.
- 20th: 2004 - Todd Hamilton wins The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.
- 5th: 2019 - 36 people are killed and more than 30 others injured after an arson attack at an animation company in Kyoto, Japan.
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