{"id":27718,"date":"2016-07-18T08:56:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T13:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27718"},"modified":"2016-07-18T08:57:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T13:57:16","slug":"27718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27718","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Monday, July\u00a0 18, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 18, 1936, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated President Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term in office.
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1536<\/td>\nParliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1872<\/td>\nBritain enacted voting by secret ballot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1918<\/td>\nNelson Mandela, a leading anti-apartheid figure and South Africa’s first black president, was born in Mvezo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1927<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,000th career hit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nA car driven by Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, died.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1989<\/td>\nActress Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, was shot to death at her Los Angeles home by an obsessed fan. (The killing prompted California in 1990 to pass the nation’s first anti-stalking law.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nA 23-foot tsunami along the coast of Papua New Guinea killed nearly 3,000 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nDavid Cone of the New York Yankees pitched the 14th perfect game in modern major league baseball history in a game against the Montreal Expos.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2005<\/td>\nAn unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Ala., to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nGen. David Petraeus handed over command of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan to Gen. John Allen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Retired baseball player-manager Joe Torre turns 76 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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John Glenn<\/td>\nAstronaut; former U.S. senator, D-Ohio<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dick Button<\/td>\nFigure skater, sportscaster<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Verhoeven<\/td>\nDirector (“Basic Instinct,” “Robocop”)<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dion DiMucci<\/td>\nRock singer (Dion and the Belmonts)<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Brolin<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martha Reeves<\/td>\nR&B singer (Martha and the Vandellas)<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Craig Fuller<\/td>\nRock singer (Little Feat, Pure Prairie League)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ricky Skaggs<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth McGovern<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vin Diesel<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Torii Hunter<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M.I.A.<\/td>\nSinger, songwriter<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristen Bell<\/td>\nActress (“Veronica Mars”)<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chace Crawford<\/td>\nActor (“Gossip Girl”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. turns 66 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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