Today in History July 18
1789 Robespierre, a deputy from
Arras, France, decides to back
the French Revolution.
1812 Great Britain signs the Treaty of
Orebro, making peace with
Russia and Sweden.
1830 Uruguay adopts a liberal
constitution.
1861 Union and Confederate troops
skirmish at Blackburn's Ford,
Virginia, in a prelude to the
Battle of Bull Run .
1877 Inventor Thomas Edison
records the human voice for the
first time.
1872 The Ballot Act is passed in
Great Britain, providing for
secret election ballots.
1935 Ethiopian King Haile Selassie
urges his countrymen to fight to
the last man against the
invading Italian army.
1936 General Francisco Franco of
Spain revolts against the
Republican government, starting
the Spanish Civil War.
1942 The German Me-262 , the first
jet-propelled aircraft to fly in
combat, makes its first flight.
1971 New Zealand and Australia
announce they will pull their
troops out of Vietnam.
1994 In Buenos Aires, a massive car
bomb kills 96 people.
Born on July 18
1811 William Makepeace Thackeray,
English novelist and satirist.
1887 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian
politician and Nazi collaborator
during World War II .
1902 Jessamyn West, American
author (The Friendly
Persuasion ).
1906 Clifford Odets, playwright
(Waiting for Lefty ).
1913 "Red" Skelton, American
comedian and actor.
1918 Nelson Mandela, civil rights
activist, first black president of
South Africa.
1921 John Glenn, Jr., American pilot,
astronaut and politician.
1929 Screamin' Jay Hawkins,
American blues singer.
1933 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian
poet.
1939 Hunter S. Thompson, journalist.
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