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