1817
Science
Death in Winchester
Jane Austen died in Winchester, Hampshire, on 18 July 1817, at age 41, after a prolonged illness.
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21 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1821
Arts
Born in Paris to a Family of Musicians
Pauline Michelle Ferdinande García was born in Paris on July 18, 1821, into one of the most celebrated musical families of the era.
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1871
Science
Patent for the flat-bottomed paper bag machine
Margaret Knight patented the machine that produces flat-bottomed paper bags.
View details1876
Science
Patent granted for over-seaming machine
Helen Blanchard received U.S. Patent No. 180,469 for an 'overseaming-machine,' the technology behind her later Overseam Machine Company.
View details1898
Science
Discovery of Polonium
Publication announcing the discovery and naming of polonium by Marie and Pierre Curie in honor of Poland.
View details1900
Science
Birth of Nathalie Sarraute in Ivanovo, Russia
Born Natalia Tcherniak on July 18, 1900, in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Russian Empire, into a Jewish family.
View details1919
Aviation
Death in test-flight crash at Le Crotoy
Raymonde de Laroche died in a plane crash on 18 July 1919, at the airfield of Le Crotoy, France.
View details1925
Science
Born in Guildford, Western Australia
Shirley Barbara Strickland (later de la Hunty) born on 18 July 1925 in Guildford, Western Australia.
View details1935
Medicine
Death in Brooklyn, New York
Letitia Mumford Geer died in Brooklyn, New York, at age 83, remembered as a pioneering nurse and inventor of the one-handed medical syringe.
View details1935
Sports
Birth of Tenley Albright
Tenley Emma Albright is born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
View details1935
Exploration
Death in New York City
Annie Smith Peck died on July 18, 1935, in New York City at the age of 84, having spent her final years traveling and writing.
View details1935
Aviation
First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Aircraft
On July 18, 1935, Elly Beinhorn became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by aircraft.
View details1939
Science
Named co-patron saint of Italy
Pope Pius XII proclaimed Catherine of Siena, with Francis of Assisi, as co-patron saint of Italy.
View details1940
Politics
First presidential spouse to speak at a national party convention
Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, becoming the first presidential spouse to speak at a national party convention.
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1953
Sports
Record-margin U.S. Women’s Open win after cancer surgery
After cancer surgery, Zaharias won the U.S. Women’s Open by a record margin of 12 strokes.
View details1958
Science
Bronze medal, 4×110 yards freestyle relay, British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Anne Marshall helped England win bronze in the women's 4x110 yards freestyle relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.
View details1978
Science
U.S. Patent 4,101,780 Granted for Image-Intensification Process
Askins was granted U.S. Patent No. 4,101,780 for her autoradiographic method of intensifying underexposed photographic negatives.
View details1995
Arts
Posthumous release of "Dreaming of You" and Billboard first
EMI releases "Dreaming of You," which debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 and helps Selena become the first artist with five Spanish albums on the chart.
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Science
Wins U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Kurup was named the 2014 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize winner for her photocatalytic composite that purifies wastewater.
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