Nerón observa la destrucción de Roma
Acontecimientos del 18 de julio
El 18 de julio de 64 el gran fuego de Roma comienza (Nerón no tocó el violín).
El 18 de julio de 1100 Balduino I es elegido rey de Jerusalén, al morir su hermano Godofredo de Bouillón.
El 18 de julio de 1323 es canonizado, por el papa Juan XXII, el escritor y teólogo italiano Tomás de Aquino.
El 18 de julio de 1507 en Bruselas, el príncipe Carlos, hijo de Juana de Castilla, es coronado duque de Borgoña y conde de Flandes.
El 18 de julio de 1821 el territorio de la Florida pasa de la soberanía española a la de Estados Unidos
El 18 de julio de 1830 Uruguay adopta su primera Constitución.
El 18 de julio de 1837 el famoso bandolero Luis Candelas es detenido en la posada de Alcazarén, cerca de Olmedo (Valladolid).
El 18 de julio de 1873 Nicolás Salmerón se convierte en presidente de la Primera República Española tras la dimisión de Francisco Pi y Margall, que sólo ha permanecido cinco semanas en el cargo.
El 18 de julio de 1894 se celebra entre París y Ruán la primera carrera de automóviles.
El 18 de julio de 1902 SE estrena con gran éxito en Barcelona la obra Raimundo Lulio, de Joaquín Dicenta.
El 18 de julio de 1906 estallan disturbios en Egipto tras la ejecución de los responsables de la muerte de un oficial británico. Gran Bretaña refuerza su presencia militar en el país.
El 18 de julio de 1915 se produce la segunda ofensiva italiana del Isonzo, para conquistar Istria.
El 18 de julio de 1918 tropas aliadas inician una contraofensiva en el Aisne y el Marne y obligan a las fuerzas alemanas a replegarse.
El 18 de julio de 1921 con motivo del séptimo centenario de la catedral de Burgos se trasladan al templo los restos de El Cid y su esposa doña Jimena, así como las reliquias de San Fernando.
El 18 de julio de 1923 una plaga de ratas rojas asola los campos de la comarca cántabra de Liébana.
El 18 de julio de 1925 se publica en Berlín el libro de Hitler Mein Kampf (Mi lucha).
El 18 de julio de 1927 por real decreto se ordena la creación de aeródromos en Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Alicante, Málaga y Burgos.
El 18 de julio de 1928 la estadounidense Amelia Earhart se convierte en la primera mujer en sobrevolar el Atlántico.
El 18 de julio de 1934 en Polonia suceden catastróficas inundaciones, dejando 150 muertos y daños materiales por valor de 1000 millones de zlotys.
El 18 de julio de 1936 golpe militar en España del general Franco, entre otros, contra el gobierno de la II República, que desemboca en la Guerra Civil.
El 18 de julio de 1939 comienza la reconstrucción del Cerro de los Ángeles.
El 18 de julio de 1940 el general Francisco Franco reclama oficialmente Gibraltar.
El 18 de julio de 1941 tropas japonesas desembarcan en el sur de Indochina.
El 18 de julio de 1942 se inaugura en Madrid el velódromo de la Ciudad Lineal.
El 18 de julio de 1943 los japoneses desalojan la isla Kiska, en las Aleutianas.
El 18 de julio de 1944 tropas británicas atraviesan el Arno.
El 18 de julio de 1957 se inaugura el monumento a los caídos en la guerra civil española, en Cuelgamuros (sierra de Madrid).
El 18 de julio de 1961 la policía desmantela la primera acción terrorista de ETA: el sabotaje a la línea férrea Madrid-Barcelona, por la que iba a pasar un tren cargado de ex combatientes.
El 18 de julio de 1962 Manuel Prado Ugarteche es defenestrado de la presidencia del Perú por un golpe de estado. Asume la presidencia Ricardo Pérez Godoy.
El 18 de julio de 1965 Edward Heath es elegido nuevo líder del Partido Conservador británico.
El 18 de julio de 2064 el gran incendio romano (presuntamente ordenado por el emperador Nerón).
Nacimientos del 18 de julio
El 18 de julio de 1501 nace Isabel de Austria, hija de Juana I de Castilla y Felipe I.
El 18 de julio de 1635 nace Robert Hooke, científico británico.
El 18 de julio de 1656 nace Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, arquitecto.
El 18 de julio de 1670 nace Giovanni Bononcini, compositor y violonchelista italiano.
El 18 de julio de 1811 nace William Makepeace Thackeray, escritor británico.
El 18 de julio de 1821 nace Pauline Garcia-Viardot, mezzo-soprano francesa de origen español.
El 18 de julio de 1853 nace Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, físico y matemático holandés, Premio Nobel de Física en 1902.
El 18 de julio de 1871 nace Giacomo Balla, pintor italiano.
El 18 de julio de 1882 nace Rafael Gómez Ortega, El Gallo, torero español.
El 18 de julio de 1887 nace Vidkun Quisling, político fascista noruego.
El 18 de julio de 1894 nace Carlos Blanco Soler, médico español.
El 18 de julio de 1900 nace Juan Gómez Millas, rector de la Universidad de Chile.
El 18 de julio de 1902 nace Nathalie Sarraute, escritora francesa de origen ruso.
El 18 de julio de 1904 nace Joaquín Romero Murube, poeta y ensayista español.
El 18 de julio de 1908 nace Lupe Vélez, actriz mexicana.
El 18 de julio de 1909 nace Andrei Gromiko, político ruso de la era soviética.
El 18 de julio de 1911 nace Hume Cronyn, actor estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1913 nace Red Skelton, actor y cómico estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1914 nace Gino Bartali, ciclista italiano.
El 18 de julio de 1918 nace Nelson Mandela, presidente de Sudáfrica.
El 18 de julio de 1921 nace John Glenn, astronauta estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1922 nace Thomas Kuhn, fisico y epistemólogo estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1926 nace Ángel Crespo, poeta, ensayista, traductor y crítico de arte español.
El 18 de julio de 1927 nace Antonio García-Trevijano Forte, abogado y político español.
El 18 de julio de 1930 nace Juan García Atienza, escritor y cineasta español.
El 18 de julio de 1933 nace Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poeta ruso.
El 18 de julio de 1935 nace Ben Vautier, artista.
El 18 de julio de 1937 nace Hunter S. Thompson, autor estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1938 nace Ian Stewart, ex-tecladista escocés (The Rolling Stones).
El 18 de julio de 1939 nace en el Bronx Dion DiMucci, rockero, Dion and The Belmonts-'Teenager in Love'.
El 18 de julio de 1940 nace James Brolin, actor estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1942 nace Giacinto Facchetti, futbolista italiano.
El 18 de julio de 1950 nace Sir Richard Branson, empresario británico
El 18 de julio de 1957 nace Nick Faldo, golfista británico.
El 18 de julio de 1958 nace Mónica Eva Traversaro, cocinera argentina.
El 18 de julio de 1961 nace Elizabeth McGovern, actriz estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1963 nace Martín Torrijos, presidente de Panamá.
El 18 de julio de 1964 nace Carlos Alberto Silva, pensador argentino.
El 18 de julio de 1967 nace Vin Diesel, actor estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1975 nace Daron Malakian, músico estadounidense (System of a Down).
El 18 de julio de 1976 nace Elsa Pataky, actriz española.
El 18 de julio de 1978 nace Verónica Romeo, cantante española.
El 18 de julio de 1979 nace Jaska Raatikainen músico finés.Children of Bodom
El 18 de julio de 1980 nace Kristen Bell, actriz estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1981 nace Mónica Mayor, teórica financiera colombiana.
El 18 de julio de 1982 nace Ryan Cabrera, cantante estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1983 nace Carlos Diogo, futbolista uruguayo.
El 18 de julio de 1987 nace Claudio Yacob, futbolista argentino.
El 18 de julio de 1988 nace César Villaluz, futbolista mexicano.
El 18 de julio de 1992 nace Andrea Gonzales, actriz española.
Defunciones del 18 de julio
El 18 de julio de 1450 muere Francisco I, Duque de Bretaña.
El 18 de julio de 1608 muere Joaquín-Federico I, Margrave Elector de Brandeburgo.
El 18 de julio de 1610 muere Caravaggio (Michelángelo Merisi), pintor italiano.
El 18 de julio de 1721 muere Antoine Watteau, pintor francés.
El 18 de julio de 1792 muere John Paul Jones, navegante (no confundir con músico de Led Zeppelin).
El 18 de julio de 1817 muere Jane Austen, novelista británica.
El 18 de julio de 1858 muere Francisco Antonio Pinto, político, militar y presidente chileno.
El 18 de julio de 1872 muere Benito Juárez, presidente de México (1861-1863 y 1867-1872).
El 18 de julio de 1890 muere Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, astrónomo alemán.
El 18 de julio de 1900 muere Johan Kjeldahl, químico danés.
El 18 de julio de 1909 muere Carlos María de Borbón, pretendiente carlista al trono de España.
El 18 de julio de 1918 muere Vladimir Paley, poeta ruso.
El 18 de julio de 1924 muere Ángel Guimerá, poeta y dramaturgo español.
El 18 de julio de 1967 muere Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, político y presidente de Brasil.
El 18 de julio de 1968 muere Corneille Heymans, fisiólogo belga, premio Nobel de Medicina en 1938.
El 18 de julio de 1973 muere Jack Hawkins, actor británico.
El 18 de julio de 1982 muere Roman Jakobson, lingüista estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1987 muere Gilberto Freyre, antropólogo y escritor brasileño.
El 18 de julio de 1989 muere Rebecca Schaeffer, actriz estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1990 muere Gerry Boulet, autor, intérprete y compositor canadiense.
El 18 de julio de 1993 muere Jean Negulesco, director de cine estadounidense.
El 18 de julio de 1995 muere Fabio Casartelli, ciclista italiano.
El 18 de julio de 1996 muere José Manuel Fuente, ciclista español ganador de 2 Vueltas a España (n. 1945)
El 18 de julio de 2001 muere José María de Azcárate y Ristori, profesor e investigador español.
El 18 de julio de 2002 muere Joseph Luns, politico holandés.
El 18 de julio de 2004 muere André Castelot, historiador y divulgador francés.
El 18 de julio de 2005 muere William Westmoreland, militar estadounidense.
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Dion & The Belmonts I Wonder Why 1958
Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known as Dion, is an American singer-songwriter whose work has incorporated elements of doo-wop, pop, rock and R&B styles.
One of the most popular American rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion era, Dion had over a dozen Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 60s. He is best remembered for the 1961 singles "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer".
Due to changing public tastes and personal problems, Dion faltered in the mid-1960s; he regained popularity later in the decade and into the early 1970s with more mature, contemplative material such as "Abraham, Martin & John". He has continued making music to the present, earning reappraisals from critics who earlier dismissed him as a teen idol.[1]
Early years
Dion was born to an Italian-American family in the Bronx, New York.[2] As a child, he used to accompany his father, a vaudeville entertainer, on tour, and developed a love of country music – particularly Hank Williams – as well as a fondness for the blues and doo-wop stars he heard in local bars and on the radio. His singing was honed on the street corners and local clubs of the Bronx, where he and other neighborhood singers created a cappella licks.
In early 1957, he auditioned for Bob and Gene Schwartz, who had just formed Mohawk Records. They recorded him with a vocal group, The Timberlanes, and released a single "The Chosen Few", arranged by Hugo Montenegro, which became a minor regional hit.
Career
With the Belmonts, 1957-1960
Bob and Gene Schwartz also signed Dion's friends, The Belmonts, a vocal group named for nearby Belmont Avenue, and teamed them, with Dion singing lead. The new group's breakthrough came in early 1958, when "I Wonder Why" (on their newly formed "Laurie" label) made No. 22 on the U.K. charts, followed by "No One Knows" and "Don't Pity Me", which also charted.
This success won Dion and the Belmonts a place on the "The Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) and others. On February 2, 1959, after a concert stop in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly and others decided to take a flight to the next venue rather than travel on the tour bus. Dion was invited to accompany the group but decided that he could not afford the cost of the $36 flight, as it was the same monthly rent his parents paid for his childhood apartment and he couldn't justify the indulgence.[3] The plane crashed, killing all aboard, including Holly, Valens and Richardson. Dion and The Belmonts continued on the tour, along with replacements Jimmy Clanton and Bobby Vee.
Dion and the Belmonts' next single, "A Teenager in Love", was released in March 1959, eventually hitting No. 5 on the U.S. pop charts and No. 28 in the UK.[4] The trio's biggest hit, "Where or When", was released in November of that year, and reached No. 3 on the U.S. charts. However, in early 1960, Dion checked in to hospital for heroin addiction, a problem he had had since his mid-teens.[citation needed] Further single releases for the group that year were less successful. There were musical, personal and financial differences between Dion and members of the Belmonts, and in October 1960, Dion decided to quit for a solo career.
Solo stardom, 1960-1964
By the end of 1960, Dion had released his first solo album on Laurie, Alone with Dion, and the single "Lonely Teenager", which rose to No. 12 in the US charts. The name on his solo releases was simply "Dion". Follow-ups "Havin’ Fun" and "Kissin’ Game" had less success, and the signs were that Dion would drift onto the cabaret circuit. However, he then recorded, with new vocal group The Del-Satins, an up-tempo number co-written with Ernie Maresca. The record, "Runaround Sue", stormed up the U.S. charts, reaching No. 1 in October 1961, and No. 11 in the UK,[4] where he also toured. "Runaround Sue" sold over a million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[5]
For the next single, Laurie promoted the A-side, "The Majestic", but it was the B-side, Maresca’s "The Wanderer", which received more radio play and climbed swiftly up the charts to reach No. 2 in the U.S. in February 1962 and No. 10 in the UK (the 1976 re-release made the UK Top 20).[4]
By the end of 1961, Dion had become a major star, touring worldwide and making an appearance in the Columbia Pictures musical film Twist Around the Clock. He followed with a string of singles – "Lovers Who Wander" (No. 3), "Little Diane" (No. 8), "Love Came To Me" (No. 10) - in 1962, several of which he wrote or co-wrote. He also had successful albums with Runaround Sue and Lovers Who Wander.
At the end of 1962, Dion moved from Laurie to Columbia Records. The first Columbia single, Leiber and Stoller’s "Ruby Baby" (originally a hit for The Drifters) reached No. 2, while "Donna the Prima Donna" and "Drip Drop" (another cover of a Drifters hit) both reached No. 6 in late 1963. (Dion also recorded an Italian version of "Donna the Prima Donna" using the identical backup vocals.) His other Columbia releases were less successful, and problems with his addiction and changing public tastes saw a period of commercial decline.
Changing fortunes, 1964-1968
Following a European tour, Dion returned to the U.S. and was introduced to classic blues by Columbia’s John Hammond. To the consternation of his management, he began recording more blues-oriented material, including Willie Dixon’s "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Spoonful", but these releases – some produced by Tom Wilson, with Al Kooper on keyboards - were not commercially successful. In 1965, still with Columbia, Dion formed a new group to back him, The Wanderers, comprising John Falbo on guitar, Pete Baron (Pete Falciglia) on bass, and Carlo Mastrangelo of The Belmonts on drums. A number of self-penned tracks were recorded and released unsuccessfully as singles, but were not released in album format.
In 1966, Dion briefly reunited with The Belmonts for the album Together Again on ABC Records. The album bombed, despite one classic self-penned song, "My Girl The Month Of May". Although by this stage Dion’s career appeared to be nearing an end, he retained enough credibility to be, along with Bob Dylan, featured on the album cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.
In April 1968, Dion experienced what he identified as a powerful religious experience. After getting clean once again from heroin addiction, an experience he documented in his 1970 song "Your Own Backyard", he approached Laurie Records for a new contract. They agreed on condition that he record the song "Abraham, Martin & John", written by Dick Holler (also the writer of The Royal Guardsmen’s "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron") in response to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and those of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy during the summer of 1968. The success of this song – later recorded by many others including Marvin Gaye – which reached # 4 in the US charts and #1 in Canada, resuscitated Dion’s career. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[5]
The mature period, 1968-1986
For the next few years, Dion’s music became radically different, moving to more contemplative and mature material. He released several albums essentially as a singer-songwriter, to moderate sales, moving to the Warner Brothers label in 1969.
There followed a one-off live reunion show with the Belmonts at Madison Square Garden in 1972, released on album. This was followed in 1975 by the album Born To Be With You, produced by Phil Spector. The album was a commercial failure, but has been subsequently praised by such artists as Jason Pierce of Spiritualized and Pete Townshend of The Who.[citation needed]
In 1978 Dion released an album drawing on many of his teenage influences, Return of the Wanderer, another commercial failure. In December 1979 there was a radical spiritual change in Dion, who had become a born-again Christian.[6] Thereafter, his recordings for several years were in a contemporary Christian vein, in which he released a number of albums on the Dayspring label reflecting his evangelical Christian convictions. Singles were successfully released to Christian radio, notably "Still in the Spirit" from his 1985 release entitled Kingdom in the Streets.
In 1984 he won the Dove Award (Christian Music Award) for the album 'I Put Away My Idols'. He was also nominated for Grammy Award, best male Gospel performance, for the same album.
Recent work
In 1987 Dion agreed to do a concert of his old hits at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The two disc CD of this concert was released in 2005, featuring concert photos by Dion's friend, Michael J. Friedman. This concert helped free him to celebrate both his past and his future, and led to a series of special appearances, including a fundraiser for homeless medical relief. There he shared the stage with fans such as Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Lou Reed, all of whom cited Dion as one of their prime influences.
In 1988 Dion's autobiography (co-authored by Davin Seay) titled The Wanderer: Dion's Story was published. In the following year, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the induction speech being given by Lou Reed.
In 1989 he returned to rock music with the contemporary album Yo Frankie, which included appearances by Paul Simon, Lou Reed, k.d. lang, Patty Smyth and Bryan Adams.[7] Produced by Dave Edmunds (who also played guitar on the album), "Yo Frankie has a sharp sound while never losing sight of Dion's soulful, doo-wop voice."[1] Overall, "the relevant and nostalgic statement from an artist who helped forge rock & roll's first wave" found his way back on radio and in music videos during this period (both on VH-1 and MTV), as well as touring.[8][9][10][11]
In the late 1990s, Dion visited his old Bronx parish, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and returned to Catholicism.[12]
Since then, Dion has released several albums with contemporary rock artists. His Déjà Nu album in 2000 found him covering Bruce Springsteen, a major follower over the years. Dion joined Springsteen onstage in Miami in 2002 for a performance of "If I Should Fall Behind" from Dream On Fire.
He joined Scott Kempner of The Del-Lords and Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens in a short-lived band called Little Kings. A live album was later released, but not widely circulated or promoted.
In 2002 he was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue". Dion continues to perform songs from his albums live.[13]
In January 2006, he released Bronx in Blue, an album of blues and country standards, which was nominated for a Grammy. In November 2007 he issued a follow-up in similar vein, Son of Skip James.
In October 2008, he released Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock, an album of his covers of early rock and roll songs he considers seminal to the genre.[14] The album includes versions of songs originally recorded by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Cash and many other early rock guitarists.[15]
Now a practicing Roman Catholic, Dion pursues prison ministry and reaches out to men going through addiction recovery. He is also a member of the American Board of Directors of Renewal Ministries.[16] He currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, and New York City.
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