# What happened on July 18 in history?

**Date:** July 18  
**Events recorded:** 44  
**Years spanned:** 477 BC – 2019  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/july/18/

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## Featured Event

**2019** — A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack)

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## Events on this date

- **477 BC** — Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars.  Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Cremera))
- **362** — Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_wars))
- **452** — Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Aquileia))
- **645** — Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Shiji))
- **1195** — Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alarcos))
- **1290** — King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_France))
- **1507** — In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, a year after inheriting the title. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels))
- **1555** — The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Arms))
- **1723** — Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136, in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after Trinity. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach))
- **1806** — A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1806_Birgu_polverista_explosion))
- **1812** — The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_%C3%96rebro))
- **1841** — Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Faidherbe))
- **1862** — First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dent_Blanche))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1870** — The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Vatican_Council))
- **1872** — The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballot_Act_1872))
- **1914** — The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress))
- **1925** — Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler))
- **1942** — World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1942** — The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262))
- **1944** — World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Tojo))
- **1966** — Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hough_riots))
- **1968** — Intel is founded in Mountain View, California. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel))
- **1970** — An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22))
- **1976** — Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Com%C4%83neci))
- **1979** — A landslide occurs on the Iliwerung volcano in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliwerung))
- **1981** — A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CL-44))
- **1982** — Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala))
- **1984** — McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ysidro_McDonald's_massacre))
- **1992** — A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Horribles_Cernettes))
- **1994** — The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat))
- **1996** — Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguenay_flood))
- **1996** — Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(1996)))
- **2002** — A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado, killing both crew members. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Burgas_bus_bombing))
- **2013** — The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Detroit))
- **2014** — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State))
- **2019** — A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack))

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## Notable births on July 18

- **2001** — **Agustina Roth** — Argentine BMX rider ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agustina_Roth))
- **2000** — **Sarah Kinsley** — American singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Kinsley))
- **1997** — **Bam Adebayo** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Adebayo))
- **1997** — **Noah Lyles** — American sprinter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Lyles))
- **1996** — **Yung Lean** — Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yung_Lean))
- **1996** — **Smriti Mandhana** — Indian cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smriti_Mandhana))
- **1996** — **Shudufhadzo Musida** — Miss South Africa 2020 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shudufhadzo_Musida))
- **1994** — **Nilo Soares** — East Timorese footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilo_Soares))
- **1993** — **Lee Tae-min** — South Korean singer and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taemin))
- **1993** — **Michael Lichaa** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lichaa))

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## Notable deaths on July 18

- **2025** — **Edwin Feulner** — American political scientist (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Feulner))
- **2024** — **Lou Dobbs** — American political commentator and television host (born 1945) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Dobbs))
- **2024** — **Abner Haynes** — American football player (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Haynes))
- **2024** — **Bob Newhart** — American comedian and actor (born 1929) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Newhart))
- **2023** — **Oommen Chandy** — Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oommen_Chandy))
- **2021** — **Tom O'Connor** — English comedian (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O'Connor_(comedian)))
- **2018** — **Jonathan Gold** — American food critic (born 1960) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Gold))
- **2018** — **Adrian Cronauer** — American radio personality (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Cronauer))
- **2015** — **Alex Rocco** — American actor (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rocco))
- **2015** — **Buddy Buie** — American songwriter, producer and publisher (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Buie))

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