July 18th
Holidays and Festivals
Constitution Day (Uruguay)National Caviar Day
Toss Away the -Could Haves- and -Should Haves- Day
Woodie Wagon Day
St. Arnold's Day, the Patron Saint of Hop-Pickers and Belgian Brewers
Feast of Teneu
Christian Feast Day of Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only)
Feast of Marina of Aguas Santas
Feast of Symphorosa
* Crop Over (Bridgetown, Barbados) Second saturday in May through the First Monday in August (86 Days)
Fête de la Chalémie Translation: Shawm Day (French Republican) The 30th day of the Month of Messidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"From man's sweat and God's love,beer came into the world"
- Saint Arnold, recognized by the Catholic Church as the Patron Saint of Hop-Pickers and Belgian Brewers. His miracle was a Mug that never ran dry and satisfied thirsty crowd. July 18th is St. Arnold's Day
Drink of The Day
Champagne Cocktail
1 Glass of Champagne
3 Drops of Bitters on a Sugar Cube
Drop Cube in Champagne Glass
Wine of The Day
Johnson Estate (2007) Estate Grown Ice Wine of Vidal Blanc
Style - Ice Wine
Lake Erie
$40
Beer of The Day
Gonzo Imperial Porter Vintage
Brewer - Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Style - Aged Beer
- In honor of (Gonzo) Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005), Flying Dog Brewery uses the art of Ralph Steadman, the illustrator of the works of Hunter S. Thompson, on its labels.
Joke of The Day
A policeman, cruising past a pub after closing, notices two motor bikes still parked out the front. He goes round the back of the pub only to find two bikers, one with his fingers up the butt of the other.
"So what's going on here?" he asks.
The biker replies, "My mate here has had too much to drink, and I'm trying to make him vomit."
The cop says, "I think you should be sticking your fingers down his THROAT."
The biker replies, "That's what I'm going to do next!"
Quote of The Day
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
- Hunter S. Thompson (July 18th 1937 – February 20th 2005) was an American journalist and author.
"When the going gets weird, The weird turn pro."
- Hunter S. Thompson
Whiskey of The Day
$20
July Observances
Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days (7/3 to 8/15)
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
National Bikini Month
Bioterrorism/Disaster Education and Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)
Doghouse Repairs" Month, Natl
Eggplant and Lettuce Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Family Golf Month
Family Reunion Month
Freedom From Fear of Speaking Month
Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month
Home Inspector Appreciation Month, Natl
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
International Women with Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
Learn Arabic Month
Mango and Melon Month
National "Doghouse Repairs" Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Black Family Month
National Blueberries Month
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Grilling Month
National Hemochromatosis Screening and Awareness Month
National Horseradish Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Independent Retailers Month
National Make A Difference to Children Month
National Recreation and Parks Month
National Share A Sunset With Your Lover Month
National Vehicle Theft Protection Month
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
Nectarine and Garlic Month
Purposeful Parenting Month
Roots and Branches Month
Sandwich Generation Month
Share A Sunset With Your Lover Month Link
Skyscraper Month
Smart Irrigation Month
Social Wellness Month
Tour de France Month (Started 6/30 - 7/19)
UV Safety Month
Unlucky Month for weddings
Women's Motorcycle Month
Worldwide Bereaved Parents Month
Observances this Week
Captive Nations Week Third Week of July (USA)Rabbit Week (Melvin Rabbits), Date Varies Mid-July (July 15-21 2013)
Comic Con International, Wednesday through Sunday of the Second Full Week in July
National Baby Food Week, Wednesday through Saturday of the Third Week in July
National Ventriloquism Week, Wednesday through Saturday of the Third Week in July
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week, July 18th through 25th (Also see February 1st through 7th)
Historical Events on July 18th
(390 BC) Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
64 Great fire of Rome, a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control.
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.
1330 Battle of Velbuzd
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.
1389 Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, in inaugurating a 13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years War
1536 Pope's authority declared void in England
1572 Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
1588 Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada
1630 Spanish troops occupy Mantua
1656 Battle at Warsaw:
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. Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf beats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw
1716 Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
1737 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
1743 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1753 Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
1766 Society of the Dutch Literary forms
1768 Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
1814 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal
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.
1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 Manassas
1862 Battle of Newburgh, IN captured by Union forces
1862 First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1863 Battle of Fort Wagner - Morris Island the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, fails in their assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner in the American Civil War.
1864 President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
1870 Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
1870 The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1882 Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
1893 Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
1896 2nd US Golf Open, James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY
1896 George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1896 Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
1897 Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
1907 Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in NYC
1907 French troops occupy Casablanca
1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings
1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
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.
1915 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins & ends with loss of 280,000 men
1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1918 US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1921 Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
1923 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
1924 KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi
1925 Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
1931 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
1932 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Unity treaty
1932 US & Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
1935 Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
1936 In Spanish Morocco, military rebels under Gen Francisco Franco attempt a coup d'état against the legitimacy of the Spanish government. This will lead to the Spanish Civil War.
1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
1940 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
1940 Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
1941 SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
1942 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight
1942 The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time (World War II).
1943 British assault on Catania Sicily
1943 Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
1944 7:45 Operation-Goodwood, British assault east of Caen
1944 Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
1944 Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1944 British Mosquito's attack Cologne & Berlin
1944 British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
1944 British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy
1944 Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944 US troop march into St-Lo
1944 Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the World War II effort.
1947 British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1947 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
1947 President Harry Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
1947 US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
1948 "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
1948 Chicago White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in one 11 inning game
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title, at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
1951 Uruguay accepts its constitution
1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1955 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
1956 Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rákosi as party leader of Hungary
1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
1960 1st UN troops reach Congo
1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
1960 Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
1962 Minnesota Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning, Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning.
1963 Failed military coup in Syria
1964 Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
1965 Russian satellite Zond 3 launched.
1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
1966 Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1966 Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
1967 Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
1968 Intel incorporates
1968 The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California
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.
1969 Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
1970 "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
1970 Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
1970 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits
1971 Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
1972 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
1972 Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
1972 Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 & 102, Gloucs v Essex
1974 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1974 World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
1976 "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances
1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1976 Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
1976 Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
1976 Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in NYC
1976 Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
1977 Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London
1977 Vietnam becomes member of UN
1978 Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
1978 Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1979 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
1979 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
1980 Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
1980 Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1981 Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel KC caves in (113 killed)
1981 Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
1982 "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1982 111th British Golf Open, Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
1982 268 campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guatemala.
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
1984 Beverly Lynn Burns becomes first female Boeing 747 airline captain.
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.
1984 Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF
1985 USSR performs underground nuclear Test
1986 115th British Golf Open, Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
1986 A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
1986 Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
1986 Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains
1987 Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
1987 NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
1988 Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
1988 Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
1991 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
1991 Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
1992 Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
1992 Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
1992 Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
1992 Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
1992 The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
1993 122nd British Golf Open, Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George
1993 Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan & premier Nawaz Sharif resign
1993 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1993 Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1993 Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election
1994 Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
1994 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
1994 Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32
1994 Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
1994 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
1994 The Amia (Jewish Communal Center) bombings occurred in Buenos Aires killing 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injuring 300.
1995 DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
1995 On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.
1996 Battle of Mullaitivu, Tamil Tigers carried out this attack killing over 1200 Sri Lankan Army soldiers and capturing the base, biggest single lost to Sri Lankan Army ever.
1996 Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Québec's costliest natural disasters ever.
1999 128th British Golf Open, at Carnoustie Scot Paul Lawrie wins after play off
2005 Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, first public joint statement by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then U.S. President George W. Bush.
2009 Five members of one family are found murdered at Epping, New South Wales.
2012 6 Israeli tourists are killed and 30 injured after a bomb explodes on a tourist bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria
2012 14 people are killed after a bomb explosion at Pakistan's Orakzai Agency
2012 24 people are killed after a ferry sinks off the coast of Zanzibar
2012 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army
2012 Syrian suicide bombing kills three high profile government officials, including Syria's Minister of Defence
2012 Violence across Syria results in 97 deaths
2013 46th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2013 Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 Billion
2014 The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) call 18,000 additional reserves soldiers in campaign against Gaza
2015 PayPal is spun off from eBay as a separate publicly traded company on the NASDAQ
2015 "The Sun" newspaper in Britain controversially publishes old picture and video of Queen Elizabeth giving Nazi salute in 1933
Born on July 18th
1340 Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
1501 Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)
1504 Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)
1534 Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
1552 Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor of Germany (1576-1612) (d. 1612)
1634 Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1684-91) (d. 1695)
1635 Robert Hooke, English scientist, physicist (Micrographia) (d. 1703)
1659 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
1670 Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera composer (d. 1747)
1711 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
1718 Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808)
1720 Gilbert White, English ornithologist, "father of British naturalists" (d. 1793)
1796 Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
1797 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879)
1810 Peter Singer, composer
1811 William Makepeace Thackeray, English Victorian author (Vanity Fair) (d. 1863)
1818 Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896)
1821 Pauline Garcia-Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1910)
1823 Leonard Fulton Ross, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1827 Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
1837 Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1873)
1845 Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)
1848 W(illiam) G(ilbert) Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer (d. 1915)
1850 Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939)
1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel Prize laureate 1902) (d. 1928)
1862 Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general, counter-revolutionary (d. 1933)
1862 Victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne
1864 Phillip Snowden, British politician (d. 1937)
1864 Ricarda Huch, writer
1865 Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)
1867 Margaret Brown, American activist, philanthropist, and RMS Titanic passenger (d. 1932)
1870 Emil Mlynarski, composer
1871 Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)
1871 Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (d. 1946)
1872 Julius Fucik, composer
1880 Otto Vrieslander, composer
1881 Larry McLean, baseball player (d. 1921)
1882 Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
1884 Alberto di Jorio, former head of the Vatican Bank and secretary of the 1958 conclave (d. 1979)
1887 Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense, Premier (1942-45) (d. 1945)
1888 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
1888 Sydney Horler, English detective writer
1890 Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
1890 Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)
1891 Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol)
1892 Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (d. 1969)
1893 Josef Huttel, composer
1893 Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
1894 Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese)
1895 George Machine Gun Kelly (Georgio Barnes), American gangster, (d. 1954)
1895 Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft)
1897 E. A. D. Eldridge, British racing driver (d. 1935)
1898 Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization)
1898 John Stuart, Scottish actor (Number 17) (d. 1979)
1899 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman)
1900 Nathalie Sarraute, French writer (d. 1999)
1902 Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor
1902 Jessamyn West, American writer (d. 1984)
1902 Nathalie Sarraute (Cherniak), Russian-French playwright
1903 Bozidar Kunc, composer
1903 Chill Wills, American actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders) (d. 1978)
1906 Belle Stewart, singer
1906 Clifford Odets, American writer (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy) (d. 1963)
1906 S. I. Hayakawa, American semanticist (Language in Action) and politician (Sen-R-CA) (d. 1992)
1907 Yvonne Desportes, composer
1908 Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (d. 1944)
1908 Mildred Lisette Norman, American peace activist, earned the moniker Peace Pilgrim (d. 1981)
1909 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat and President (1985-89) (d. 1989)
1909 Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American singer and actress (Ozzie & Harriet) (d. 1994)
1909 Lupe Velez (Guadelupe Velez de Villabos), actress (Joe Palooka)
1909 Mohammed Daoud Khan, President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)
1911 Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart)
1911 Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon) (d. 2003)
1912 Harry Levin, literary Scholar
1912 Henry L "Hank" Miller, US pilot (WW II-Pacific)
1912 Max Rousié, French rugby footballer (d. 1950)
1913 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
1913 Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
1913 Red Skelton (Richard), American actor and comedian (Red Skelton Show) (d. 1997)
1914 Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)
1914 Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
1914 Herbert Collum, composer
1914 John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat)
1914 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law)
1914 Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
1915 Anthony Cox, English architect
1915 Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
1916 Isaac (Ietje) A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer, minister of Education
1916 Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003)
1916 Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor
1917 Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008)
1918 Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
1918 Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa (1994-1999), political prisoner (ANC) (Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1993)
1918 Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula)
1920 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
1920 Eric Brandon, British racing driver (d. 1982)
1921 John H Glenn Jr., American astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95) and politician (Sen-D-Oh)
1921 Richard Leacock, Documentary filmmaker, Pioneer of Cinéma Vérité
1922 Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher (d. 1996)
1923 Hector Tosar, composer
1923 Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d. 1997)
1924 Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
1924 Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer
1924 John Cruickshank, French scholar
1925 Hubert Doggart, England cricketer, MCC pres
1925 Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
1925 Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948) (d. 2004)
1926 Bryan Johnson, singer/actor
1926 Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak)
1926 Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (d. 1987)
1926 Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph)
1926 Robert Sloman, writer (d. 2005)
1927 Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
1927 Ludwig Harig, writer
1927 Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's)
1928 Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer
1929 "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
1929 Dick Button, American figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
1929 Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
1929 Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American singer (d. 2000)
1930 Burt Kwouk, English actor
1930 Siegfried Kurz, composer
1931 "Papa" Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto)
1932 Robert Ellis Miller, American film director
1933 Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66)
1933 Jean Yanne, French film actor and director (d. 2003)
1933 Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria)
1933 Syd Mead, American industrial and conceptual designer
1933 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet (Bratsk Station)
1934 Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007)
1934 Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up)
1934 Roger Reynolds, American composer and teacher
1935 Jayendra Saraswathi, Hindu religious leader
1935 Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1936 Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
1937 Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Rum Diaries) (d. 2005)
1937 Roald Hoffman, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots)
1938 Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer
1938 Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (d. 1985)
1938 Paul Verhoeven, Dutch film director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1939 Brian Auger, British musician, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis)
1939 Dion DiMucci, American singer (Dion & Belmonts)
1939 Edward Gramlich, American economics professor (d. 2007)
1939 Jerry Moore, American football coach
1940 James Brolin, American actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
1940 Joe Torre, American baseball player (Altlanta Braves, NY Mets, 1971 NL MVP) and manager (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
1941 Frank Farian, German music producer
1941 Jack Jersey (de Nijs), Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
1941 Lonnie Mack, American guitarist and singer (Baby What's Wrong)
1941 Marcia Jones Smoke, Oklahoma, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1941 Martha Reeves, American singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St)
1942 Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician
1942 Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III
1942 Bobby Susser, American songwriter and record producer
1942 Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006)
1943 Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica California, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides)
1943 Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943 Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas)
1944 David Hemery, English athlete, 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968)
1944 Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers)
1945 Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals)
1946 Doug McFarland, American politician
1946 Leo Madder, Belgian actor
1946 Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
1947 Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
1947 Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
1947 Steve Forbes, American entrepreneur and politician
1947 Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician
1948 Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler
1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love)
1948 Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel laureate
1948 Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)
1949 Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
1950 Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (d. 2001)
1950 Jack Layton, Canadian politician
1950 Jerome Barkum, American football player
1950 Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
1950 Mark Udall, American politician
1950 Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic)
1951 Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
1951 Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
1951 Margo Martindale, American actress
1952 James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
1953 Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
1954 Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976)
1954 Ricky Skaggs, American country-bluegrass musician (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
1954 Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1954 Tobias Picker, composer
1955 Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
1955 Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula)
1955 Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
1956 Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager and coach
1957 Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open)
1957 Sir Nick Faldo, English golfer
1958 Margo (AM) Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1958 Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1959 Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line)
1960 Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress (In the Heat of the Night)
1961 Alan Pardew, English Football Manager
1961 Elizabeth McGovern, American actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
1961 M.J. Alexander, American photojournalist
1962 Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1962 Jack Irons, American drummer
1962 Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
1962 Lee Arenberg, American actor
1962 Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian
1963 Al Snow, American professional wrestler
1963 Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets)
1963 Martín Torrijos Espino, President of Panama
1963 Mike Greenwell, baseball player
1964 Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)
1964 Wendy Williams, radio host
1965 Jim Bob Duggar, Arkansas politician and patriarch of the Duggar family
1965 Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1965 Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1966 Dan(iel Dion) O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
1966 Lori Alan, American actress
1967 Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1967 Vin Diesel, American actor
1969 Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1970 Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1970 John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
1970 Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970 Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1971 Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th)
1971 Penny Hardaway, American basketball player
1971 Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
1972 Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96)
1972 Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
1974 Alan Morrison, British poet
1974 Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1975 Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway)
1975 M.I.A., English musician
1975 Torii Hunter, baseball player
1976 Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress
1976 Valerie Cruz, American actress
1977 Alfian bin Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
1977 Dylan Lane, American television host
1977 Kelly Reilly, English actress
1978 Ben Sheets, American baseball player
1978 Mélissa Theuriau, French newscaster
1978 Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player
1978 Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer
1979 Deion Branch, American football player
1979 Jared Hess, American film director and screenwriter
1979 Jermaine Paul, American musician
1979 Joey Mercury, American professional wrestler
1979 Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)
1979 Rick Baxter, American politician
1980 Kristen Bell, American actress
1980 Ryoko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer
1982 Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
1982 Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen
1982 Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host
1983 Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
1985 Chace Crawford, American actor
1985 Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
1988 César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
1991 Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist
1994 Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother
2004 Giuliano Stroe, Romanian weightlifter and bodybuilder
Died on July 18th
640 Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician
715 Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)
1100 Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, Protector of the Holy Sepulcher
1374 Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia)
1488 Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)
1544 René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle
1591 Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
1591 Jakob Handl (Petelin), Austrian composer and bandmaster
1608 Joachim III Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546)
1610 Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573)
1639 Bernard, German general, Duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden) (b. 1604)
1642 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden
1650 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer
1695 Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
1698 Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)
1710 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter
1721 Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
1721 Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter
1730 François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)
1735 Johann Krieger, composer
1756 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (b. 1683); other date proposed is July 9 (see)
1792 John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747)
1817 Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
1831 Thomas Greatorex, composer
1833 Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas
1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt
1863 Robert Gould Shaw, American military officer (b. 1837)
1863 William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr
1872 Benito Juárez, President of Mexico, General (battle of Acapulco) (b. 1806)
1884 Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
1892 Thomas Cook, English travel agent (Thomas Cook & Son) (b. 1808)
1894 Leconte de Lisle, writer
1898 Emil Hartmann, composer
1899 Horatio Alger, Jr., American writer (Disagreeeable Woman) (b. 1832)
1901 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer
1902 John White, composer
1908 Jaime Nuno, composer,
1915 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer
1916 Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author
1918 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (b. 1864)
1925 Louis Nazaire Bégin, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec (b. 1840)
1937 Julian Bell, British poet (b. 1908)
1938 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed
1939 Witold Maliszewski, composer
1941 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer
1944 George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35)
1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet and author (Centaurs' Booty) (b. 1870)
1948 Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (b. 1877)
1949 Vítezslav Novák, Czech composer (b. 1870)
1950 Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation)
1952 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (b. 1906)
1952 Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
1953 Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)
1954 George Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster
1954 Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
1956 Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman)
1958 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker)
1958 John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller)
1961 Kit Guard
1963 A H C Cooper, South African cricketer (Test v England 1914)
1965 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer
1966 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer (I Fought the Law), found dead (b. 1942)
1966 German Germanovich Galinin, composer
1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87)
1968 Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1969 Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres)
1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, American Robert F. Kennedy campaign worker (b. 1940)
1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun)
1973 Jack Hawkins, English film actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men) (b. 1910)
1975 Federico Ghisi, composer
1980 Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs)
1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist
1982 Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (b. 1902)
1984 James Oliver Huberty, Murderer, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds
1985 Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official
1987 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
1988 Nico, German model and singer (Velvet Underground) (b. 1938)
1989 Donnie Moore, American baseball player, pitcher (Angels) (b. 1954)
1989 Marika Nezer, Greek actress (b. 1906)
1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (My Sister Sam), shot by a fan (b. 1967)
1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje)
1990 Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)
1990 Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (b. 1918)
1990 Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic) (b. 1896)
1990 Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
1991 Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered
1991 Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts)
1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist
1992 Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower)
1992 Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies)
1992 Viktor Louis, Russian journalist
1993 Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain)
1993 John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun)
1993 Robert Davis
1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident
1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads
1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director
1995 Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (Oly-gold-92) (b. 1970)
1995 Srinagarindra, Mother of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. 1900)
1996 Hans Fellner, bookseller
1997 Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (Shoemaker-Levy comet) (b. 1928)
2001 Fabio Taglioni, Founder of Ferrari Motor Ltd., Italian automotive engineer (b. 1920)
2001 James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
2002 Victor Emery, British theoretical physicist (b. 1933)
2004 Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)
2004 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (b. 1912)
2005 Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2005 William Westmoreland, American military officer (b. 1914)
2007 George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler
2007 Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)
2007 Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
2008 Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (b. 1944)
2009 Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran (b. 1896)
2012 Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
2015 Alex Rocco, American actor (The Godfather, The Famous Teddy Z)
2016 Billy Name [William Linich Jr], photographer (Andy Warhol's factory)