Monday, July 18, 2011

July 18

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 362 BC Roman-Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with an Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. Antioch Arrow Chaos Vs. the Cosmos In Love with Jetts
2 1290 King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities. The Prowl I Gotta Go Misery
3 1389 Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, in inaugurating a 13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years War. The Dresden Dolls Truce The Dresden Dolls
4 1656 Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory. Swing Kids Warsaw Swing Kids
5 1870 The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. Belong Perfect Life Common Era
6 1925 Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. Think I Care Struggle Think I Care
7 1955 The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public. Adult. We Know How to Have Fun Anxiety Always
8 1976 Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The The Perfect Soul Mining

(Historical facts about July 18 are from Wikipedia.)

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