Today in History for 18th July 2016

Events 18th July 2016

Historical Events

1656 – -20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw
1814 – British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
1926 – The South Africa author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
1984 – 21 people are killed and 19 are injured in a massacre in a San Ysidro, California McDonalds restaurant, ending with the shooting of its perpetrator, James Oliver Huberty
1986 – Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
2010 – 139th British Golf Open: Louis Oosthuizen shoots a 272 at St Andrews

Famous Birthdays

1823 – Leonard Fulton Ross, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1901)
1862 – Victor, Prince Napoleon (Napoleon V), French pretender to throne
1893 – Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
1925 – Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
1929 – Dick Totten Button, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52), born in Englewood, New Jersey
1947 – Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)

Famous Deaths

1100 – Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
1833 – Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
1938 – Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
1980 – Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies
1993 – John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
1994 – Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83

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