Volume 13 , Issue 29

This Day In History (July 18)

On this day in history, July 18, 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa. Go to Article

On July 18, 1909, Andrey Gromyko, the Soviet foreign minister from 1957 to 1985, was born. Following his death on July 2, 1989, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary

On This Day July 18 . . .

• 1536 - Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.
• 1872 - Britain introduced the concept of voting by secret ballot.
• 1918 - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born 18 July. He served as President of south Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.
• 1927 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,000th career hit.

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