18TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF SPAIN.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BRUNO OF SEGNI; ST PAMBO; ST
ARNOUL or ARNULF OF METZ; & ST FREDERICK OF ULTRECHT." |
| 18TH |
64ad |
THE GREAT FIRE OF ROME BEGAN & LASTED NINE DAYS. LEGEND
SAYS IT WAS SET BY EMPEROR NERO WHO PLAYED HIS FIDDLE AS IT BURNED. |
| 18TH |
1814 |
MATTHEW FLINDERS, "A VOYAGE TO
TERRA AUSTRALIS" WAS PUBLISHED IN LONDON, THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED. |
| 18TH |
1866 |
THE EMIGRANT SHIP NETHERBY IS WRECKED ON KING ISLAND,
BASS STRAIT; ALL 450 ABOARD WERE SAVED. |
| 18TH |
1895 |
8 MEN WERE BURIED UNDER THOUSANDS OF
TONS OF FALLING ROCK AT A BROKEN HILL MINE. |
| 18TH |
1910 |
A TRAIN HIT A STATIONARY LOCO AT RICHMOND VICTORIA, KILLING
18 AND INJURING ALMOST 500. |
| 18TH |
1914 |
"MR MAURICE GUILLAUX"
DELIVERED A CARGO OF MAIL BY PLANE FROM MELBOURNE TO BE POSTED IN SYDNEY. |
| 18TH |
1923 |
ENGLISH WOMEN WERE GIVEN EQUAL DIVORCE RIGHTS WITH MEN. |
| 18TH |
1940 |
FIRST SUCCESSFUL HELICOPTER FLIGHT AT
STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT. |
| 18TH |
1942 |
‘MESSERSCHMIDT Me 262,’ THE FIRST JET
FIGHTER PLANE, TAKES FIRST FLIGHT. |
| 18TH |
1949 |
AUSTRALIA’S COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL,
TAMWORTH, NSW, IS DECLARED A CITY. |
| 18TH |
1955 |
FIRST ELECTRIC POWER GENERATED FROM ATOMIC ENERGY SOLD
COMMERCIALLY. |
| 18TH |
1966 |
"PLAY SCHOOL" IS FIRST SEEN
ON ABC TELEVISION IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. |
| 18TH |
1968 |
THE HOLDEN MONARO WAS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. |
| 18TH |
1969 |
A CAR DRIVEN BY U.S. SENATOR
"EDWARD M KENNEDY" CRASHES OFF A BRIDGE ON CHAPPAQUIDDICK ISLAND, NEAR MATHAS
VINEYARD, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF HIS PASSENGER "MARY JO KOPECHNE." |
| 18TH |
1973 |
THE TARIFFS ON ALL IMPORTS TO AUSTRALIA REDUCED BY 25%. |
| 18TH |
1976 |
"NADIA COMENICHI" SCORED A
PERFECT 10/10 IN GYMNASTICS AT THE MONTREAL OLYMPICS. |
| 18TH |
1984 |
AN UNEMPLOYED SECURITY GUARD SHOT 21 PEOPLE DEAD AT A
McDONALDS RESTAURANT IN CALIFORNIA. |
| 18TH |
1991 |
BROADCASTER "RON CASEY" AND
FORMER POP STAR "NORMIE ROWE" COME TO BLOWS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION ON THE
"MIDDAY SHOW." |
| 18TH |
1992 |
ACTOR/SINGER, ‘WHITNEY HOUSTON,’ MARRIED,
‘BOBBY BROWN.’ |
| 18TH |
1994 |
A GIRL ON AN INFLATABLE LOBSTER RESCUED
A GIRL WHO WAS BLOWN OUT TO SEA ON AN INFLATABLE SET OF TEETH, AT DOVER, ENGLAND. |
| 18TH |
1996 |
SCIENTIST SAY THE EARTH’S INNER CORE SPINS FASTER THAN
IT’S OUTER CRUST; LIKE A PLANET WITHIN A PLANET. |
| 18TH |
1997 |
PLANETARY SCIENTIST, "EUGENE M.
SHOEMAKER" 69, IS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.
HIS ASHES WERE THE FIRST TO BE BURIED ON THE MOON IN 1999. |
| 18TH |
1998 |
A 10 METRE "TSUNAMI" (TIDAL WAVE) CRASHED INTO THE
REMOTE NORTH EAST COAST OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, WIPING OUT SEVERAL VILLAGES AND LEAVING
THOUSANDS DEAD. |
| 18TH |
1998 |
SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT, "NELSON
MANDELA" CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY BY MARRYING "GRACA MACHEL," WIDOW OF
A PRESIDENT OF MOZAMBIQUE. |
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