Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 18

• 1635 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703)
• 1913 - Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
• 1918 - Nelson Mandela, (pictured) President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2013)
• 1921 - John Glenn, astronaut and politician (d. 2016)
• 1937 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
• 1940 - Joe Torre, baseball player and manager
• 1950 - Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur
• 1967 - Vin Diesel, American actor

• 1817 - Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1918 - several members of the Romanov family, executed by the Bolsheviks
  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, (b. 1864)
  • Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, (b. 1886)
  • Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, (b. 1891)
  • Prince Igor Konstantinovich of Russia, (b. 1894).
  • Vladimir Paley, (b. 1897)
• 2005 - William Westmoreland, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)

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