1914 –<\/strong> Six planes of the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps.<\/p>\n 1927 –<\/strong> Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 before he retired in 1928.<\/p>\n 1932 –<\/strong> The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.<\/p>\n 1935 –<\/strong> Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urged his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.<\/p>\n 1936 –<\/strong> The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company\u2019s factory in Chicago,\u00a0IL.<\/p>\n 1936 –<\/strong> The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa.<\/p>\n 1936 –<\/strong> “The Columbia Workshop” debuted on CBS radio.<\/p>\n 1942 –<\/strong> The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, made its first flight.<\/p>\n 1944 –<\/strong>\u00a0U.S.\u00a0troops captured Saint-Lo, France, ending the battle of the hedgerows.<\/p>\n 1944 –<\/strong> Hideki Tojo was removed as a Japanese premier and war minister due to setbacks suffered by his country in World War II.<\/p>\n 1947 –<\/strong> U.S. President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.<\/p>\n 1964 –<\/strong> Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) hit the only grand slam home run of his career.<\/p>\n 1970 –<\/strong> Ron Hunt (San Francisco Giants) was hit by a pitch for the 119th time in his career.<\/p>\n 1971 –<\/strong> New Zealand and Australia announced they would pull their troops out of Vietnam.<\/p>\n 1985 –<\/strong> Jack Nicklaus II, at age 23 years old, made his playing debut on the pro golf tour at the Quad Cities Open in Coal Valley,\u00a0IL.<\/p>\n 2000 –<\/strong> It was announced that Christopher Reeve would direct and serve as executive producer on the TV movie “Rescuing Jeffrey.”<\/p>\n 2001 –<\/strong> A train derailed, involving 60 cars, in a Baltimore train tunnel. The fire that resulted lasted for six days and virtually closed down downtown Baltimore for several days. (Maryland)<\/p>\n 2015 –<\/strong> The eBay spin-off of PayPal into a separate publicly traded company was completed.<\/p>\n 1981 \u2013<\/strong> Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player History of 18 July 1914 – Six planes of the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps. 1927 – Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. 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\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer
\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Carlo Costly, Honduran footballer
\n1982 \u2013<\/strong> Dominika Luzarov\u00e1, a Czech tennis player
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete
\n1983 \u2013<\/strong> Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer
\n1985 \u2013<\/strong> Chace Crawford, American actor
\n1985 \u2013<\/strong> Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
\n1985 \u2013<\/strong> James Norton, English actor
\n1986 \u2013<\/strong> Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer
\n1987 \u2013<\/strong> Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player
\n1988 \u2013<\/strong> \u00c4nis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer
\n1988 \u2013<\/strong> C\u00e9sar Villaluz, Mexican footballer
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer
\n1989 \u2013<\/strong> Yohan Mollo, French footballer
\n1993 \u2013<\/strong> Nabil Fekir, French footballer
\n1993 \u2013<\/strong> Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor
\n1993 \u2013<\/strong> Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player
\n1994 \u2013<\/strong> Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"