18 July
Notable Births
Agustina Roth
b. 2001
Argentine BMX rider (born 2001)
Sarah Kinsley
b. 2000
American singer-songwriter (born 2000)
Bam Adebayo
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Noah Lyles
b. 1997
American sprinter (born 1997)
Yung Lean
b. 1996
Swedish rapper (born 1996)
Smriti Mandhana
b. 1996
Indian cricketer
Shudufhadzo Musida
b. 1996
South African beauty queen, Miss South Africa 2020 winner
Taemin
b. 1993
South Korean singer and actor (born 1993)
Michael Lichaa
b. 1993
Lebanon international rugby league footballer
Mandy Rose
b. 1991
American professional wrestler (born 1990)
Eugenio Suárez
b. 1991
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1991)
Canelo Álvarez
b. 1990
Mexican boxer (born 1990)
Jamie Benn
b. 1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Sebastian Mielitz
b. 1989
German footballer (born 1989)
Yohan Mollo
b. 1989
French footballer (born 1989)
Änis Ben-Hatira
b. 1988
Tunisian footballer
César Villaluz
b. 1988
Mexican footballer (born 1988)
Tontowi Ahmad
b. 1987
Indonesian badminton player (born 1987)
Natalia Mikhailova
b. 1986
Russian former competitive ice dancer
Clifford Odets
b. 1906
American writer and actor (1906–1963)
Notable Deaths
Edwin Feulner
d. 2025
American political scientist (1941–2025)
Lou Dobbs
d. 2024
American television host (1945–2024)
Abner Haynes
d. 2024
American football player (1937–2024)
Bob Newhart
d. 2024
American comedian and actor (1929–2024)
Oommen Chandy
d. 2023
10th Chief Minister of Kerala (1943–2023)
Tom O'Connor (comedian)
d. 2021
British entertainer (1939–2021)
Jonathan Gold
d. 2018
American food critic (1960–2018)
Adrian Cronauer
d. 2018
American radio personality and lawyer (1938–2018)
Alex Rocco
d. 2015
American actor (1936–2015)
Buddy Buie
d. 2015
American songwriter, producer, and publisher
Andreas Biermann
d. 2014
German footballer
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
d. 2014
Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor (1941–2014
Dietmar Schönherr
d. 2014
Austrian actor (1926–2014)
Vaali (poet)
d. 2013
Indian artist, poet, lyricist, writer, actor (1931–2013)
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
d. 2012
Israeli Haredi rabbi
Jean François-Poncet
d. 2012
French politician and diplomat
Dawoud Rajiha
d. 2012
Minister of Defense (1947–2012)
Assef Shawkat
d. 2012
Syrian intelligence officer and politician (1950–2012)
Roman Jakobson
d. 1982
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
Thomas Cook
d. 1892
English businessman (1808–1892)
On This Day in History
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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.
Kyoto Animation arson attack
2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.
Islamic State
2013
The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Government of Detroit
2012
At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
2012 Burgas bus bombing
2002
A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado, killing both crew members.
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
1996
Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
Saguenay flood
1996
Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.
Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)
1995
On 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.
Montserrat
1994
The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
AMIA bombing
1994
Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
Rwandan genocide
1992
A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Les Horribles Cernettes
1984
McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police.
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
1982
Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.
Guatemala
1981
A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four.
Canadair CL-44
1979
A landslide occurs on the Iliwerung volcano in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing.
Iliwerung
1976
Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Nadia Comăneci
1970
An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.
Antonov An-22
1968
Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
Intel
1966
Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
Human spaceflight
1966
A 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.
Hough riots