📜 This Day in History

July 18

• 1290King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.
• 1841Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
• 1936Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.
• 1984Parts of the dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa were found in Stockholm.
• 1995Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was posthumously released.
• 2019An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

Born on this day

• 1853Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)
• 1918Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
• 1967Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1982Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer