12 History Lessons + 6 Births & 7 Deaths for July 18, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1290 – King Edward I issues the Edict of Expulsion, expelling all Jews from England.
- 1536 – Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition to combat Protestantism.
- 1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the doctrine of papal infallibility.
- 1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, his autobiographical manifesto.
- 1936 – The Spanish Civil War begins with a military uprising in Morocco.
- 1942 – The German Me-262, the first jet-powered fighter aircraft, makes its first flight.
- 1968 – Intel Corporation is founded in Mountain View, California.
- 1969 – Senator Ted Kennedy drives off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
- 1980 – India’s first female Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, begins her second term in office after re-election.
- 1995 – The Soufrière Hills volcano erupts on Montserrat, leading to widespread evacuation.
- 2013 – The city of Detroit files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest U.S. city to do so.
- 2020 – Twitter suffers a massive hack, targeting high-profile accounts like Elon Musk and Barack Obama.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1939 – Dion DiMucci, American singer (Runaround Sue) (86)
- 1940 – James Brolin, actor (Marcus Welby, M.D., Hotel) (85)
- 1950 – Glenn Hughes, bassist and vocalist for Deep Purple (75)
- 1967 – Vin Diesel, actor (Fast & Furious, xXx) (58)
- 1982 – Priyanka Chopra Jonas, actress and Miss World 2000 (43)
- 1992 – Chace Crawford, actor (Gossip Girl) (33)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1610 – Caravaggio, Italian Baroque painter (Age 38)
- 1817 – Jane Austen, English novelist (Pride and Prejudice) (Age 41)
- 1872 – Benito Juárez, Mexican president and reformer (Age 66)
- 1966 – Bobby Fuller, rock singer (I Fought the Law) (Age 23)
- 1988 – Nico, German singer-songwriter and actress, associated with The Velvet Underground (Age 49)
- 2004 – Donald Johanson, American paleoanthropologist who discovered “Lucy” (Age 66)
- 2022 – Ivana Trump, Czech-American businesswoman and former wife of Donald Trump (Age 73)
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