Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 18
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Births[edit]
- 1635 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703)
- 1913 - Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
- 1918 - Nelson Mandela, (pictured) President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1921 - John Glenn, astronaut and politician (d. 2016)
- 1937 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
- 1940 - Joe Torre, baseball player and manager
- 1950 - Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur
- 1967 - Vin Diesel, American actor
Deaths[edit]
- 1817 - Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
- 1918 - several members of the Romanov family, executed by the Bolsheviks
- 2005 - William Westmoreland, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)
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