July 18
Day of the year
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July 18 is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 166 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- 477 BC â Battle of the Cremera as part of the RomanâEtruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.[1]
- 387 BC[2] â Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.[3]
- 362 â RomanâPersian 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.
- 452 â Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it.[4]
- 645 â Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the GoguryeoâTang War.
- 1195 â Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo.
- 1290 â King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England.[5]
- 1334 â 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.[6]
- 1389 â 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.
- 1507 â In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders,[7] a year after inheriting the title.
- 1555 â The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
1601â1900
- 1723 â 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.[8]
- 1806 â A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.[9]
- 1812 â The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.[10]
- 1841 â Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.[11]
- 1857 â Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
- 1862 â First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
- 1863 â 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.
- 1870 â The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- 1872 â The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.[12]
1901âpresent
- 1914 â 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.
- 1925 â Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
- 1942 â 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.
- 1942 â The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
- 1944 â World War II: Hideki TÅjÅ resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
- 1966 â Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
- 1966 â 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.
- 1968 â Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
- 1970 â An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.[13]
- 1976 â Nadia ComÄneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- 1979 â A landslide occurs on the Iliwerung volcano in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing.[14]
- 1981 â A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four.[15]
- 1982 â Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.
- 1984 â McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police.
- 1992 â A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
- 1994 â The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
- 1994 â Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
- 1995 â 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.
- 1996 â Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
- 1996 â Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.
- 2002 â A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado, killing both crew members.[16]
- 2012 â At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
- 2013 â The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
- 2014 â The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.[17]
- 2019 â A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.[18][19]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1013 â Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1054)[20]
- 1501 â Isabella of Austria, queen of Denmark (died 1526)[21]
- 1504 â Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (died 1575)[22]
- 1534 â Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (died 1583)[23]
- 1552 â Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1612)[24]
1601â1900
- 1634 â Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (died 1695)
- 1659 â Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (died 1743)[25]
- 1670 â Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (died 1747)
- 1702 â Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polish noble (died 1735)
- 1718 â Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (died 1808)
- 1720 â Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (died 1793)[26]
- 1724 â Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (died 1780)
- 1750 â Frederick Adolf, duke of Ãstergötland (died 1803)
- 1796 â Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1879)
- 1811 â William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (died 1863)
- 1818 â Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1896)
- 1821 â Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (died 1910)
- 1837 â Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (died 1873)
- 1842 â William D. Coleman, 13th President of Liberia (died 1908)[27]
- 1843 â Virgil Earp, American marshal (died 1905)
- 1845 â Tristan Corbière, French poet (died 1875)
- 1848 â W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (died 1915)
- 1853 â Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)
- 1861 â Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)[28]
- 1864 â Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937)
- 1867 â Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (died 1932)
- 1871 â Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (died 1958)
- 1871 â Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer (died 1946)
- 1872 â Julius FuÄÃk, Czech composer and conductor of military bands (died 1916)[29]
- 1881 â Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (died 1921)
- 1884 â Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (died 1979)
- 1886 â Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (died 1945)
- 1887 â Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (died 1945)
- 1889 â KÅichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (died 1977)
- 1890 â Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)
- 1892 â Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (died 1969)
- 1893 â David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (died 1968)
- 1895 â Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (died 1991)
- 1895 â Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (died 1954)
- 1897 â Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer (died 1935)
- 1898 â John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (died 1979)
- 1899 â Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg (died 1942)
- 1900 â Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (died 1999)
1901âpresent
- 1902 â Jessamyn West, American author (died 1984)[30]
- 1902 â Chill Wills, American actor (died 1978)
- 1906 â S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)
- 1906 â Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1963)
- 1908 â Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (died 1981)
- 1908 â Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 1944)
- 1908 â Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (died 1997)
- 1909 â Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic (died 1982)
- 1909 â Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1989)
- 1909 â Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (died 1978)
- 1909 â Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (died 1994)
- 1910 â Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (died 1989)
- 1910 â Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (died 2009)[31]
- 1911 â Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1913 â Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (died 1997)
- 1914 â Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (died 2000)
- 1914 â Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (died 2004)
- 1915 â Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor (died 2006)
- 1915 â Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer (died 2010)[32]
- 1916 â Charles Kittel, American physicist (died 2019)
- 1917 â Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (died 2008)
- 1917 â Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (died 2019)
- 1918 â Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
- 1919 â Lilia Dale, Italian actress (died 1991)
- 1920 â Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman (died 1982)
- 1921 â Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (died 2014)[33]
- 1921 â Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2021)[34]
- 1921 â John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (died 2016)[35]
- 1921 â Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (died 2011)
- 1921 â Heinz Bennent, German actor (died 2011)
- 1922 â Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (died 1996)
- 1923 â Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and businessman (died 1997)
- 1923 â Michael Medwin, English actor (died 2020)
- 1924 â Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (died 2011)
- 1924 â Tullio Altamura, Italian actor
- 1925 â Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)
- 1925 â Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)
- 1925 â Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)
- 1925 â Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)
- 1926 â Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (died 1987)
- 1926 â Nita Bieber, American actress (died 2019)
- 1926 â Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor (died 2022)
- 1926 â Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter (died 2023)
- 1926 â Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (died 2001)[36]
- 1927 â Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer (died 2012)
- 1927 â Kurt Masur, German conductor and educator (died 2015)
- 1927 â Antonio GarcÃa-Trevijano, Spanish republican, political activist, and author (died 2018)
- 1927 â Keith MacDonald, Canadian politician (died 2021)
- 1927 â Anthony Mirra, American gangster, member of the Bonanno Crime Family (died 1982)
- 1928 â Andrea Gallo, Italian priest and author (died 2013)
- 1928 â Baddiewinkle, American internet personality
- 1929 â Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (died 2025)[37]
- 1929 â Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 2000)
- 1932 â Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2017)
- 1933 â Jean Yanne, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1933 â Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright (died 2017)
- 1934 â Edward Bond, English director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2024)
- 1934 â Darlene Conley, American actress (died 2007)
- 1935 â Tenley Albright, American former figure skater and physician
- 1935 â Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya (died 2018)
- 1937 â Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 â Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (died 2005)
- 1938 â John Connelly, English footballer (died 2012)
- 1938 â Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager (died 1985)
- 1938 â Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1939 â Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player
- 1939 â Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1939 â Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
- 1940 â James Brolin, American actor
- 1940 â Joe Torre, American baseball player, manager, and executive[38]
- 1941 â Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer (died 2024)
- 1941 â Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
- 1941 â Martha Reeves, American singer and politician
- 1942 â Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (died 2006)
- 1942 â Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation
- 1943 â Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author
- 1944 â David Hemery, English hurdler and author[39]
- 1945 â Pat Doherty, Irish Republican politician
- 1946 â Kalpana Mohan, Indian actress (died 2012)
- 1947 â Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician
- 1948 â Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter
- 1948 â Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist (died 2016)
- 1948 â Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1949 â Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1950 â Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
- 1950 â Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic
- 1950 â Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
- 1950 â Glenn Hughes, American disco singer and actor (died 2001)
- 1950 â Shahid Khan, Pakistani-American businessman and sports executive[40]
- 1950 â Jack Layton, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician (died 2011)
- 1950 â Mark Udall, American educator and politician[41]
- 1951 â Elio Di Rupo, Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1951 â Margo Martindale, American actress
- 1954 â Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer[42]
- 1955 â Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
- 1957 â Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
- 1957 â Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2022)
- 1960 â Simon Heffer, English journalist and author
- 1961 â Elizabeth McGovern, American actress
- 1961 â Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager
- 1961 â Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
- 1962 â Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 â Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier
- 1963 â MartÃn Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
- 1964 â Wendy Williams, American talk show host
- 1965 â Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano
- 1966 â Dan O'Brien, American decathlete and coach
- 1967 â Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[43]
- 1968 â Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor
- 1968 â Scott Gourley, Australian rugby player
- 1969 â Elizabeth Gilbert, American author
- 1969 â The Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler and politician
- 1971 â Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
- 1971 â Sukhwinder Singh, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1974 â Alan Morrison, British poet
- 1975 â Torii Hunter, American baseball player
- 1975 â Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1975 â M.I.A., English rapper and producer[44]
- 1976 â Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress
- 1976 â Go Soo-hee, South Korean actress
- 1977 â Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess player and author
- 1977 â Kelly Reilly, English actress[45]
- 1978 â Adabel Guerrero, Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer
- 1978 â Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player and sportscaster
- 1978 â Crystal Mangum, American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case[46][47]
- 1978 â Joo Sang-wook, South Korean actor
- 1978 â Ben Sheets, American baseball player and coach
- 1978 â Mélissa Theuriau, French journalist
- 1979 â Deion Branch, American football player
- 1979 â Joey Mercury, American wrestler and producer
- 1980 â Kristen Bell, American actress[48]
- 1980 â David Blu, AmericanâIsraeli basketball player[49]
- 1980 â RyÅko Hirosue, Japanese actress[50]
- 1981 â Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player
- 1982 â Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 â Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer
- 1982 â Carlo Costly, Honduran footballer
- 1983 â Mishaal Al-Saeed, Saudi Arabian footballer[51]
- 1983 â Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
- 1983 â Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1983 â Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete
- 1983 â Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer
- 1984 â Ben Askren, American mixed martial artist and boxer[52]
- 1985 â Chace Crawford, American actor
- 1985 â Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
- 1985 â James Norton, English actor
- 1986 â Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer
- 1987 â Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player[53]
- 1988 â Ãnis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer
- 1988 â César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
- 1989 â Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 â Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer
- 1989 â Yohan Mollo, French footballer
- 1990 â Canelo Ãlvarez, Mexican boxer[54]
- 1991 â Mandy Rose, American wrestler and television personality[55]
- 1991 â Eugenio Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player[56]
- 1993 â Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor[57]
- 1993 â Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player[58]
- 1994 â Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer[59]
- 1996 â Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter[60]
- 1996 â Smriti Mandhana, Indian cricketer[61]
- 1996 â Shudufhadzo Musida, Miss South Africa 2020[62]
- 1997 â Bam Adebayo, American basketball player[63]
- 1997 â Noah Lyles, American sprinter[64]
- 2000 â Sarah Kinsley, American singer-songwriter[65]
- 2001 â Agustina Roth, Argentine BMX rider[66]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 707 â Emperor Monmu of Japan (born 683)
- 715 â Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general (born 695)
- 912 â Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (born 852)
- 924 â Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (born 855)
- 928 â Stephen II, patriarch of Constantinople
- 984 â Dietrich I, bishop of Metz[67]
- 1100 â Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight (born 1016)
- 1185 â Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala (born before 1143)
- 1194 â Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (born c. 1150)
- 1232 â John de Braose, Marcher Lord of Bramber and Gower
- 1270 â Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1300 â Gerard Segarelli, Italian religious leader, founded the Apostolic Brethren (born 1240)
- 1450 â Francis I, Duke of Brittany (born 1414)
- 1488 â Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born 1432)
- 1566 â Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish bishop and historian (born c.1484)[68][69]
- 1591 â Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (born 1550)
1601â1900
- 1608 â Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1546)
- 1610 â Caravaggio, Italian painter (born 1571)
- 1639 â Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (born 1604)
- 1650 â Robert Levinz, English Royalist, hanged in London by Parliamentary forces as a spy (born 1615)[70]
- 1695 â Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (born 1634)
- 1698 â Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (born 1633)
- 1721 â Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (born 1684)
- 1730 â François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (born 1644)
- 1756 â Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1683)
- 1792 â John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (born 1747)
- 1817 â Jane Austen, English novelist (born 1775)[71]
- 1837 â Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (born 1777)
- 1863 â Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (born 1837)
- 1872 â Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806)
- 1884 â Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (born 1829)
- 1890 â Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (born 1827)[72]
- 1892 â Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (born 1808)[73]
- 1899 â Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (born 1832)
1901âpresent
- 1916 â Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (born 1835)
- 1925 â Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (born 1840)
- 1932 â Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (born 1855)
- 1937 â Julian Bell, English poet and academic (born 1908)
- 1938 â Marie of Romania (born 1875)[74]
- 1944 â Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1870)
- 1947 â Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)
- 1948 â Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (born 1877)
- 1949 â VÃtÄzslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (born 1870)
- 1949 â Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (born 1905)
- 1950 â Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (born 1885)
- 1952 â Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (born 1862)
- 1954 â Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (born 1895)
- 1966 â Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
- 1968 â Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
- 1969 â Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (born 1940)
- 1973 â Jack Hawkins, English actor (born 1910)
- 1975 â Vaughn BodÄ, American illustrator (born 1941)
- 1981 â Sonja Branting-WesterstÃ¥hl, Swedish lawyer (born 1890)[75]
- 1982 â Roman Jakobson, RussianâAmerican linguist and theorist (born 1896)
- 1984 â Lally Bowers, English actress (born 1914)
- 1984 â Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 1987 â Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (born 1907)
- 1988 â Nico, German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (born 1938)
- 1988 â Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (born 1924)
- 1989 â Donnie Moore, American baseball player (born 1954)
- 1989 â Rebecca Schaeffer, American model and actress (born 1967)[76]
- 1990 â Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (born 1896)
- 1990 â Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (born 1897)
- 2001 â Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
- 2002 â Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (born 1924)
- 2004 â André Castelot, Belgian-French historian and author (born 1911)
- 2004 â Ãmile Peynaud, French wine maker (born 1912)
- 2005 â Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (born 1976)
- 2005 â William Westmoreland, American general (born 1914)
- 2006 â Henry Hewes, American theater writer (born 1917)[77]
- 2007 â Jerry Hadley, American tenor (born 1952)
- 2007 â Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (born 1908)
- 2009 â Henry Allingham, English soldier (born 1896)[78]
- 2009 â Jill Balcon, English actress (born 1925)
- 2012 â Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)
- 2012 â Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
- 2012 â Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1947)
- 2012 â Assef Shawkat, Syrian general and politician (born 1950)
- 2012 â Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1935)
- 2012 â Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (born 1942)
- 2013 â Vaali, Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (born 1931)
- 2013 â Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and academic (born 1953)
- 2014 â Andreas Biermann, German footballer (born 1980)
- 2014 â João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (born 1941)
- 2014 â Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2015 â Alex Rocco, American actor (born 1936)
- 2015 â Buddy Buie, American songwriter, producer and publisher (born 1941)[79]
- 2018 â Jonathan Gold, American food critic (born 1960)[80]
- 2018 â Adrian Cronauer, American radio personality (born 1938)[81]
- 2021 â Tom O'Connor, English comedian (born 1939)[82]
- 2023 â Oommen Chandy, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1943)[83]
- 2024 â Lou Dobbs, American political commentator and television host (born 1945)[84]
- 2024 â Abner Haynes, American football player (born 1937)[85]
- 2024 â Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (born 1929)[86]
- 2025 â Edwin Feulner, American political scientist (born 1941)[87]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Arnulf of Metz[88]
- Bruno of Segni[89]
- Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only)[89]
- Eadburh (or Edburga) of Bicester[90]
- Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England)[91]
- Frederick of Utrecht[92]
- Maternus of Milan[93]
- Pambo[94]
- Philastrius[95]
- Symphorosa[89]
- Theodosia of Constantinople[96]
- July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Uruguay)[97]
- Nelson Mandela International Day[98]
