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In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam.
Notable Deaths on July 18
1989 — Rebecca Schaeffer
American model and actress (born 1967)
July 18 has 97 recorded notable deaths across history, from 707 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
97 source records
707 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on July 18
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- 1389 France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War. Source
- 1863 American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner. Source
- 1968 Intel is founded in Mountain View, California. Source
- 1966 Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. Source
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Urschel in July 1933, from which he and his gang collected a $200,000 ransom.
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Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls".
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Bartolomé de las Casas arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar.
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With the capture of the then-capital of Aror by Arab forces, Muhammad ibn al-Qasim became the first Muslim to have successfully captured Indian land, which marked the beginning of Muslim rule in South Asia.
More major people who died on July 18
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1954
Machine Gun Kelly
American gangster (born 1895)
George Kelly Barnes, better known by his nickname Machine Gun Kelly, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era.
1969
Mary Jo Kopechne
American educator and secretary (born 1940)
Mary Jo Kopechne was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls".
1566
Bartolomé de las Casas
Spanish bishop and historian (born c.1484)
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer.
715
Muhammad bin Qasim
Umayyad general (born 695)
Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh, inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India.
1892
Thomas Cook
English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (born 1808)
Thomas Cook was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born into a poor family in Derbyshire and left school at the age of ten to start work as a gardener's boy.
1989
Donnie Moore
American baseball player (born 1954)
Donnie Ray Moore was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Chicago Cubs, St.
912
Zhu Wen
Chinese emperor (born 852)
Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname Zhu San, was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician.
1270
Boniface of Savoy
Archbishop of Canterbury
Boniface of Savoy was a medieval Bishop of Belley in Savoy and Archbishop of Canterbury in England. He was the son of Thomas, Count of Savoy, and owed his initial ecclesiastical posts to his father.
1949
Francisco Javier Arana
Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (born 1905)
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 during the early part of the Guatemalan…
1982
Roman Jakobson
Russian–American linguist and theorist (born 1896)
Roman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist. A pioneer of structural linguistics, Jakobson was one of the most celebrated and influential linguists of the twentieth century.
2024
Abner Haynes
American football player (born 1937)
Abner Haynes was an American professional football player who was a halfback and return specialist in the American Football League (AFL).
1872
Benito Juárez
Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806)
Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872.
1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau
French painter (born 1684)
Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.
1981
Sonja Branting-Westerståhl
Swedish lawyer (born 1890)
Sonja Branting-Westerståhl was a Swedish lawyer and politician. She was one of the first female lawyers in Sweden and specialised in matrimonial law.
2018
Jonathan Gold
American food critic (born 1960)
Jonathan Gold was an American food and music critic. He was for many years the chief food critic for the Los Angeles Times and also wrote for LA Weekly and Gourmet, in addition to serving as a regular contributor on…
1610
Caravaggio
Italian painter (born 1571)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life.
924
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat
Abbasid vizier (born 855)
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Furat was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served three times as vizier under Caliph al-Muqtadir.
2013
Vaali
Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (born 1931)
Thirupparaithurai Srinivasan Rangarajan, professionally credited by his pseudonym Vaali, was an Indian poet who has the record for writing the most songs in Tamil cinema.
1890
Lydia Becker
English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (born 1827)
Lydia Ernestine Becker was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy.