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On This Day in History July 18  1743 - "The New York Weekly Journal" published the first half-page newspaper ad.
1812 - Great Britain signed the Treaty of Orebro, making peace with Russia and Sweden.
1872 - The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots. 1914 - Six planes of the U.S. Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps. 1927 - Ty Cobb set a major league baseball record by getting his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 before he retired in 1928. 1932 - The U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway. 1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL. 1942 - The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, made its first flight. 1944 - U.S. troops captured Saint-Lo, France, ending the battle of the hedgerows.
1947 - U.S. President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.
1971 - New Zealand and Australia announced they would pull their troops out of Vietnam.
1984 - A gunman opened fire at a McDonald's fast-food restaurant in San Ysidro, CA. He killed 21 people before being shot dead by police.
1985 - Jack Nicklaus II, at age 23 years old, made his playing debut on the pro golf tour at the Quad Cities Open in Coal Valley, IL. 1994 - In Buenos Aires, a massive car bomb killed 96 people belonging to Argentinean Jewish organizations.
2000 - It was announced that Christopher Reeve would direct and serve as executive producer on the TV movie "Rescuing Jeffrey." 2000 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana. He was stopped for speeding and then failed to pass a sobriety test. Abdul-Jabbar was the leading scorer in National Basketball Association (NBA) history at the time 2001 - A train derailed, involving 60 cars, in a Baltimore train tunnel. The fire that resulted lasted for six days and virtually closed down downtown Baltimore for several days.  | 
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