July 18 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 18
In the headlines today:

1984	A deranged gunman kills 21 people at a San Ysidro, California, McDonald's restaurant; he is shot and killed by police.
1976	Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci receives the first perfect "10" score awarded for an Olympic performance on the uneven parallel bars.
1969	Senator Edward Kennedy drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island (near Martha's Vineyard); he emerges unscathed, but his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowns.
1951	'Jersey' Joe Walcott knocks out Ezzard Charles to become world heavyweight boxing champ.
1950	Sobin, Finlay, and Kane receive a US patent for producing the antibiotic terramycin.
1943	The tunnel under the Mersey River in England opens to traffic.
1936	The Spanish Civil War begins.
1899	Author Horatio Alger, Jr., dies of heart and lung problems at age 67.
1873	Oscar II is crowned King of Norway and Sweden.
1841	Pedro II is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
64	Rome begins to burn.