History for July 18

History for July 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Vidkum Quisling 1887, Harriet Nelson 1912, Nelson Mandela 1918 - President of South Africa


John Glenn 1921 - Astronaut, Hunter S. Thompson 1937, Elizabeth McGovern 1961


1789 - Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decided to back the French Revolution.


1914 - Six planes of the U.S. Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps.


1932 - The U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.


1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL.


1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa.


1942 - The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, made its first flight.


1944 - Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister due to setbacks suffered by his country in World War II.


1947 - U.S. President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.