Editing July 18 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] forms the [[Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps]], giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] publishes ''[[Mein Kampf]]''.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Beisfjord massacre]] in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.  
*  1942   &ndash; The Germans test fly the [[Messerschmitt Me 262]] using its [[Junkers Jumo 004|jet engine]]s for the first time.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Hideki Tōjō]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Japan]] because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Human spaceflight]]: [[Gemini 10]] is launched from [[Cape Canaveral|Cape Kennedy]] on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting [[Agena target vehicle]].
*  1966   &ndash; A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day [[Hough riots]] in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]]; 1,700 [[Ohio National Guard]] troops intervene to restore order.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Intel]] is founded in [[Mountain View, California]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; An [[Antonov An-22]] of the [[Soviet Air Forces]] [[1970 Atlantic Ocean Antonov An-22 crash|crashes]] into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.<ref>{{cite web |title=An-22 c/n 00340207 |url=https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/25_18097 |website=Soviet Transport Database }}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Nadia Comăneci]] becomes the first person in [[Olympic Games]] history to score a perfect 10 in [[gymnastics]] at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; A landslide occurs on the [[Iliwerung]] volcano in Indonesia, [[1979 Lembata tsunami|triggering a tsunami]] that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing.<ref name="ngdcTS1">{{cite web |title=Tsunami Event Information |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/2115 |publisher=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5PN93H7 |access-date=29 June 2024 |author1=National Geophysical Data Center }}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; A [[Canadair CL-44]] and [[Sukhoi Su-15]] [[1981 Armenia mid-air collision|collide]] in mid-air near [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]], killing four.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CL-44D4-6 LV-JTN Yerevan |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810718-0 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; Two hundred sixty-eight [[Guatemala]]n ''campesinos'' ("[[peasant]]s" or "country people") are slain in the [[Plan de Sánchez massacre]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[San Ysidro McDonald's massacre|McDonald's massacre]] in [[San Ysidro, San Diego|San Ysidro, California]]: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police.
*[[1992]] &ndash; A picture of [[Les Horribles Cernettes]] was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the [[World Wide Web]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[AMIA bombing|bombing]] of the [[Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina]] (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in [[Buenos Aires]] kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
*  1994   &ndash; [[Rwandan genocide]]: The [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]] takes control of [[Gisenyi]] and north western [[Rwanda]], forcing the interim government into [[Zaire]] and ending the genocide.
*[[1995]] &ndash; On the Caribbean island of [[Montserrat]], the [[Soufrière Hills]] volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
*[[1996]] &ndash; Storms provoke [[Saguenay flood|severe flooding]] on the [[Saguenay River]], beginning one of [[Quebec]]'s costliest [[natural disaster]]s ever.
*  1996   &ndash; [[Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)|Battle of Mullaitivu]]: The [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] capture the [[Sri Lanka Army]]'s base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.
*[[2002]] &ndash; A [[Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer]] [[2002 United States airtanker crashes|crashes]] near [[Estes Park, Colorado]], killing both crew members.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PB4Y-2 Super Privateer N7620C Estes Park, CO |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020718-0 |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a [[2012 Burgas bus bombing|bomb explodes]] on an [[Israelis|Israeli]] tour bus at [[Burgas Airport]], [[Bulgaria]]. 
*[[2013]] &ndash; The [[Government of Detroit]], with up to $20&nbsp;billion in debt, files for the [[Detroit bankruptcy|largest municipal bankruptcy]] in U.S. history.
*[[2014]] &ndash; The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] requires Christians to either accept [[dhimmi]] status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28381455 |title=Iraqi Christians flee after Isis issue Mosul ultimatum |date=18 July 2014 |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724045752/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28381455 |archive-date=24 July 2014 }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; A man [[Kyoto Animation arson attack|sets fire to an anime studio]] in [[Fushimi-ku, Kyoto]], [[Japan]], killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/dead-suspected-arson-attack-kyoto-animation-japan  |title=Kyoto Animation studio fire: at least 33 dead after arson attack in Japan |newspaper=The Guardian|date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref name="livedoor_20190910_deathcount">{{cite web |url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16840489/ |script-title=ja:京アニ放火殺人、死者35人に |date=2019-07-27 |work=[[Kyodo News]] |language=ja |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190910121738/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16840489/ |archive-date=10 September 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>