July 18th
- 1789 – Thomas Carlin born.
- 1826 – Isaac Shelby died, aged 75.
- 1854 – Tom L. Johnson born.
- 1886 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. born.
- 1892 – Thomas A. Robertson died, aged 43.
- 1919 – Turner A. Gill died, aged 77.
- 1937 – Hunter S. Thompson born.
- 1954 – Ricky Skaggs born.
- 1968 – John Pelphrey born.
- 1974 – Derek Anderson born.
- 1992 – Willa Brown died, aged 86.
- 2017 – Jean Murrell Capers died, aged 104.