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What happened in history on this day: July 18?
On July 18 in ...
- 1792 - The US government buys the site for the Philadelphia Mint for $5466.66.
- 1794 - The Bank of Maryland makes the first deposit of silver bullion at the US Mint, $80,715.735 in French coins.
- 1814 - British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin).
- 1853 - First train to cross the US-Canada boundary, from Portland, Maine to Montréal, Quebec.
- 1853 - Completion of Grand Trunk Line, America's first international railroad.
- 1914 - US army air service first comes into being, in the Signal Corps.
- 1918 - US and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive.
- 1932 - US and Canada sign a treaty to develop Saint Lawrence Seaway.
- 1940 - First successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut, USA.
- 1942 - First legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens.
- 1955 - Disneyland opens to the public, in Anaheim, California, USA, with general admission costing US$1. Cost of the twenty attractions range from 10c to 35c.
- 1961 - IRS special agents raid the Sportsman Club in Newport, Kentucky, taking illegal slot machines, a rigged number drawing device, and records indicating only 1/7 of income was being reported for taxes.
- 1964 - Race riot in Harlem, New York City; riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn).
- 1966 - Gemini X is launched.
- 1967 - Silver hits record US$1.87 an ounce in New York.
- 1968 - Intel incorporates.
- 1969 - Mary Jo Kopechne and Senator Ted Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge.
- 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.
- 1987 - Molly Yard elected new president of US National Organization for Women.
- 2001 - In Baltimore, Maryland, a 60-car train derailment occurs in a tunnel, sparking a fire that lasts days and virtually shuts down downtown Baltimore.
- 2007 - At the height of rush hour in New York City a major steam pipe bursts, releasing millions of gallons of boiling water and super heated steam. Only one fatality occurs, a pedestrian who goes into cardiac arrest.
Births on July 18
- 1891 - Birth of Gene Lockhart in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Going My Way).
- 1903 - Birth of Chill Wills in Seagoville, Texas, USA; actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders).
- 1909 - Birth of Harriet Nelson in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actress (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet).
- 1913 - Birth of Marvin Miller in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire).
- 1918 - Birth of Jane Frazee in Duluth, Minnesota, USA; actress/singer (Alice - Beulah).
- 1921 - Birth of John H Glenn Junior in Cambridge, Ohio, USA; Colonel US Marine Corp astronaut (Mercury 6), politician (Senator-Democrat-Ohio).
- 1924 - Birth of Howard Roberts in Burlington, New Jersey, USA; choral director (Leslie Uggams Show).
- 1929 - Birth of "Screamin Jay" Hawkins in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rocker ("I Put a Spell on You").
- 1938 - Birth of Britt Leach in Gadsen, Alabama, USA; actor (Mickey - Spencer's Pilots).
- 1939 - Birth of Dion DiMucci in the Bronx, New York, USA; rocker (Dion and the Belmonts - "Teenager in Love").
- 1940 - Birth of James Brolin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Dr Kiley - Marcus Welby, Peter - Hotel).
- 1941 - Birth of Lonnie Mack in Aurora, Indiana, USA; rocker ("Baby What's Wrong").
- 1941 - Birth of Marcia Jones in Smoke, Oklahoma, USA; 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964).
- 1941 - Birth of Martha Reeves in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Martha and the Vandellas - "Dancing in the Street").
- 1944 - Birth of Jonelle Allen in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Bessie - Palmerstown USA, Berringers).
- 1947 - Birth of Ayn Rumen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Janet - The McLean Stevenson Show).
- 1959 - Birth of Audrey Landers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Afton - Dallas, Chorus Line).
- 1961 - Birth of Elizabeth McGovern in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actress (Once Upon a Time in America).
Deaths on July 18
- 1792 - Death of John Paul Jones, American naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight").
- 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.
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