TUESDAY, July 18, 2023

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

1716 ― Jewish people expelled from Brussels, Belgium

1853 ― First train to cross the U.S.-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.-Montreal, PQ

1853 ― Completion of Grand Trunk Line, America's first int'l railroad

1872 ― Britain introduces secret ballot voting

1918 ― U.S. & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WWI

1931 ― First air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched

1932 ― U.S. & Canada sign treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway

1947 ― U.S. receives U.N. trusteeship over Pacific Islands

1974 ― World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed

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

1984 ― James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro, California

1986 ― Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains