THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 18
July 18 in history
What happened on July 18: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1863 and 1947, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Second Battle of Fort Wagner
18 Jul 1863 — The 54th Massachusetts, one of the first Black regiments, leads the assault on Charleston harbor’s battery and loses nearly half its strength; Colonel Shaw is buried with his men. The courage is an argument — by war’s end 180,000 Black soldiers wear Union blue.
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— SS Exodus
18 Jul 1947 — The Royal Navy boards a former Chesapeake Bay steamer carrying about 4,500 Jewish refugees off Haifa; three people are killed. The passengers are shipped back to France, refuse to land, and are forced ashore in Hamburg in September. The spectacle swayed opinion while the UN debated Palestine.
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