Today is Monday, July 18, the 199th day of 2011. There are 166 days left in the year.
64 ― Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
1536 ― Pope's authority declared void in England
1872 ― Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1936 ― Spanish Civil War begins, Gen. Francisco Franco led uprising
1947 ― U.S. receives U.N. trusteeship over Pacific Islands
1966 ― Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1969 ― Mary Jo Kopechne and Sen. Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick Bridge
1972 ― 200,000 attend Mt. Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania
1974 ― World's tallest structure, 646-meter Polish radio mast, completed
1986 ― Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains