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July 18 Deaths in History - July 18 Birthdays - July 18 Events
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July 18, 1997 Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer, co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy comet that had a spectacular collision with Jupiter in 1994, dies at 69 July 18, 1996 Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71 July 18, 1995 Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24 July 18, 1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83 July 18, 1993 Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93 July 18, 1993 John Beck, U.S. producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83 July 18, 1993 Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76 July 18, 1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 July 18, 1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies July 18, 1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies July 18, 1992 Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies July 18, 1992 Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88 July 18, 1992 Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies July 18, 1991 Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63 July 18, 1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78 July 18, 1990 Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer July 18, 1989 Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35 July 18, 1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21 July 18, 1988 Nico, U.S. model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43 July 18, 1987 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87 July 18, 1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91 July 18, 1984 James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds July 18, 1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87 July 18, 1975 Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 July 18, 1973 Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 July 18, 1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 July 18, 1969 Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 July 18, 1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil President (1964-87), dies at 66 July 18, 1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22 July 18, 1966 German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44 July 18, 1965 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64 July 18, 1961 Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 July 18, 1958 Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84 July 18, 1958 John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67 July 18, 1956 Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam and Woman), dies at 57 July 18, 1950 Carl Clinton Van Doren, U.S. literary (The Nation), dies at 64 July 18, 1949 Vitezslav Augustin R Novak, Slovak composer (Profundis), dies at 78 July 18, 1944 George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60 July 18, 1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74 July 18, 1942 George Sutherland, English Judge July 18, 1941 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 July 18, 1939 Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65 July 18, 1938 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 July 18, 1915 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 July 18, 1908 Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 July 18, 1902 John White, composer, dies at 47 July 18, 1901 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79 July 18, 1899 Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies July 18, 1898 Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62 July 18, 1894 Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 July 18, 1892 Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook and Son), dies at 83 July 18, 1872 Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 July 18, 1863 William Dorsey Pender, U.S. Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 July 18, 1863 Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier July 18, 1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 July 18, 1833 Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 July 18, 1831 Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 July 18, 1817 Jane Austen, writer, dies July 18, 1735 Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 July 18, 1721 Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies July 18, 1710 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 July 18, 1695 Joannes Camphuys, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 July 18, 1650 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 July 18, 1642 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Governor of Ft. Emmerik/Heusden, dies July 18, 1639 Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies July 18, 1608 Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 July 18, 1591 Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 July 18, 1544 Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 July 18, 1374 Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 July 18, 1100 Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies July 18, 640 Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 |