{"id":2758,"date":"2026-07-18T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:03:21","slug":"today-in-history-july-18-harlem-riots-after-fatal-police-shooting-of-black-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2758","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: July 18, Harlem riots after fatal police shooting of Black teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Saturday, July 18, the 199th day of 2026. There are 166 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2756\">Trump says these documents prove his false claims of election fraud. Here\u2019s what they really say<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today in History:<\/h4>\n<p>On July 18, 1964, nearly a week of rioting erupted in New York\u2019s Harlem neighborhood following the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager, James Powell, two days earlier.<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.<\/p>\n<p>In 1863, during the Civil War, Union troops spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of Black soldiers, charged Confederate-held Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. The Confederates were able to repel the Northerners, who suffered heavy losses; the 54th\u2019s commander, Col. Robert Gould Shaw, was among those who were killed.<\/p>\n<p>In 1918, South African anti-apartheid leader and future President Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo.<\/p>\n<p>In 1925, Adolf Hitler published the first volume of his autobiographical manifesto, \u201cMein Kampf (My Struggle).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1944, Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=2754\">More teens with cannabis use disorder are facing treatment delays, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1947, President Harry S. 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