What happend on 18th July

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2003

David Kelly is discovered dead after committing suicide.

2003

Kobe Bryant is charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year old girl.

2001

In Baltimore, Maryland, a 60-car train derails in a tunnel, sparking a fire that lasts days and virtually shuts down downtown Baltimore.

1998

A 23-foot tidal wave kills nearly 3,000 people in Papua New Guinea.

1997

8000 low-caste Indians riot in Mumbai (Bombay) following a funeral for 10 children who had been killed by police.

1996

In an event very similar to the Oklahoma tornado that would occur three years later, an F5 tornado hit the town of Oakfield, Wisconsin.

1996

Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec, beginning one of Canada's costliest natural disasters ever.

1995

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.

1994

A court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights.

1994

In Buenos Aires, an explosion destroys a building housing several Jewish organizations killing 85 and injuring many more.