July 18 - The Day in History

July 18 : General Interest 1940: FDR nominated for unprecedented third term On this day in 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America's 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedented third term... read more American Revolution 1792 : Naval hero John Paul Jones dies in Paris http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/naval-hero-john-paul-jones-dies-in-paris Automotive 1948 : Juan Manuel Fangio makes Formula One debut http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/juan-manuel-fangio-makes-formula-one-debut Civil War 1863 : Assault of Battery Wagner and death of Robert Gould Shaw http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/assault-of-battery-wagner-and-death-of-robert-gould-shaw Cold War 1945 : Charges of communists in the U.S. Army raised http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charges-of-communists-in-the-us-army-raised Crime 1984 : Twenty-one people are shot to death at McDonald's http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/twenty-one-people-are-shot-to-death-at-mcdonalds Disaster 64 : Nero's Rome burns http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/neros-rome-burns General Interest 64 : Fire of Rome http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-of-rome 1925 : Hitler publishes Mein Kampf http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-publishes-imein-kampfi 1936 : Spanish Civil War breaks out http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out 1969 : Incident on Chappaquiddick Island http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/incident-on-chappaquiddick-island 1986 : Video of Titanic wreckage released http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/video-of-titanic-wreckage-released Hollywood 2008 : The Dark Knight opens with highest-grossing weekend http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-dark-knight-opens-with-highest-grossing-weekend Literary 1929 : Hunter S. Thompson is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hunter-s-thompson-is-born 1995 : Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father is published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/barack-obamas-dreams-from-my-father-is-published Music 1960 : Fifteen-year-old Brenda Lee earns a #1 hit with "I'm Sorry" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fifteen-year-old-brenda-lee-earns-a-1-hit-with-quotim-sorryquot Old West 1914 : Singing Wobbly Joe Hill sentenced to death http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/singing-wobbly-joe-hill-sentenced-to-death Presidential 1947 : Truman signs second Presidential Succession Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-signs-second-presidential-succession-act 1962 : Congress preserves birthplace and property of Theodore Roosevelt http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-preserves-birthplace-and-property-of-theodore-roosevelt Sports 1999 : David Cone pitches perfect game http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/david-cone-pitches-perfect-game Vietnam War 1955 : Soviet Union agrees to grant Hanoi economic aid http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-agrees-to-grant-hanoi-economic-aid 1968 : Johnson meets Thieu in Honolulu http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-meets-thieu-in-honolulu World War I 1918 : Allies begin major counter-offensive in Second Battle of the Marne http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-begin-major-counter-offensive-in-second-battle-of-the-marne World War II 1925 : Mein Kampf is published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mein-kampf-is-published

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