THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013

Today is Thursday, July 18, the 199th day of 2013. There are 166 days left in the year.

64 ― Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)

390 B.C. ― Battle of Allia-Gauls inflict heavy casualties on Romans

1536 ― Pope's authority declared void in England

1872 ― Britain introduces secret ballot voting

1936 ― Spanish Civil War begins; Gen. Francisco Franco led uprising

1940 ― First successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Conn.

1955 ― First electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially

1969 ― Mary Jo Kopechne and Sen. Edward Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge

1980 ― Rohini 1, first Indian satellite, launches into orbit

1987 ― Yankee Don Mattingly ties major league record of HRs in eight consecutive games