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64 : Fire in Rome


On July 18, 64, a fire broke out in Rome and had continued for one week during which two-thirds of the city were destroyed.
Legend said it was the Emperor Nero that has triggered the fire in order to rebuild the city in a more Greek style. However, according to some accounts, this would not be accurate. However, it is true that Nero used the disaster for political purposes. He said that Christians were responsible for the fire and used this pretext to persecute them.

1918 : Counter-offensive of the Allies in the Second Battle of the Marne


On July 18, 1918, three days after the failed attack of the Germans near Reims, the Allies launched an successful counter-offensive which ended with the retreat of the Germans. The casualties were enormous, once again, however, after this battle, the Germans did not launch major attacks anymore until the end of the war.

1969 : Accident on Chappaquiddick Island


On July 18, 1969 at Chappaquiddick Island near the island of Martha's Vineyard in Edgartown, Massachusetts, Senator Ted Kennedy, who had taken over the family torch after the assassination of his brother Bobby, left a party with Mary Jo Kopechne a young woman who had worked in the presidential campaign of 1968, driving an Oldsmobile. Senator missed the ramp to a small wooden bridge and fell into the water. He managed to leave the water but the young woman could not be found. Senator called friends for help but none of them found Kopechne. Kennedy swam to his hotel and called the police only 10 hours later.
Even with its political support, Kennedy was sentenced to 2 months suspended sentence. The accident cost him the Democratic nomination in 1972.

1984 : 21 people killed in a McDonald's restaurant


On July 18, 1984, an unemployed weapons lover entered into a McDonald's restaurant in Southern California with automatic weapons and fired on employees and customers. 20 people were killed and 19 injured. The madman was killed by a SWAT sharpshooter.

1998 : Tidal wave in Papua New Guinea


July 18, 1998, a 7m tidal wave striked the coast of Papua New Guinea and destroyed entire fishing villages. 3000 people were killed.

2007 : Plane crash in Sao Paulo


On July 18, 2007, a plane crashed on a fuel depot in Sao Paulo. None of the 186 passengers and crew survived and 14 people on the ground were killed.

Citazione del giorno : 18 Luglio

Ted Kennedy
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Compleanni : 18 Luglio

Hendrik Lorentz, Fisico olandese, premio Nobel (1853)
Nathalie Sarraute, Scrittrice francese (1900)
Jessamyn West, Scrittrice americana (1902)
Chill Wills, Attore americano (1902)
Lupe Vélez, Attrice messicana (1908)
Andrei Gromyko, Uomo politico sovietico (1909)
Mohammed Daoud Khan, Politico pakistano (1909)
Red Skelton, Comico americano (1913)
Henri Salvador, Cantante francese (1917)
Nelson Mandela, Presidente del Sud Africa (1994 - 1999), Nobel per la Pace (1918)
John Glenn, Astronauta e politico americano (1921)
Jean Yanne, Attore e regista francese (1933)
Roald Hoffmann, Chimico statunitense, premio Nobel per la Chimica (1937)
Paul Verhoeven, Regista olandese (1938)
James Brolin, Attore, regista e produttore americano (1940)
Hartmut Michel, Chimico tedesco, premio Nobel (1948)
M.J. Alexander, Fotografa americana (1961)
Elizabeth McGovern, Attrice americana (1961)
Vin Diesel, Attore americano (1967)
Daron Malakian, Musicista americano (1975)
Elsa Pataky, Attrice spagnola (1976)
Mélissa Theuriau, Giornalista francese (1978)
Kristen Bell, Attrice americana (1980)
Chace Crawford, Attore americano (1985)

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Antoine Watteau, Pittore francese (1721)
Jane Austen, Romanziere inglese (1817)
Benito Juárez, Uomo politico messicano (1872)
James Hatfield, Scrittore americano (2001)
William Westmoreland, Generale americano (2005)
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