History of 18th july

1.  Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decides to back the French Revolution.on July 18 1789

2.  Great Britain signs the Treaty of Orebro, making peace with Russia and Sweden.on July 18 1812

3.  Uruguay adopts a liberal constitution.on July 18 1830

4.  Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Blackburn’s Ford, Virginia, in a prelude to the Battle of Bull Run.on July 18 1861

5.  The Ballot Act is passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots.on July 18 1872

6.  Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time.on July 18 1877

7.  Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.on July 18 1935

8.  General Francisco Franco of Spain revolts against the Republican government, starting the Spanish Civil War.on July 18 1936

9.  The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, makes its first flight.on July 18 1942

10. New Zealand and Australia announce they will pull their troops out of Vietnam.on July 18 1971

11. In Buenos Aires, a massive car bomb kills 96 people.on July 18 1994