2026-07-18

An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.

A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was posthumously released.

American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.

Parts of the dismembered body of Swedish prostitute Catrine da Costa were found in Stockholm.

A gunman massacred 21 people and injured 15 others at a McDonald's restaurant in the district of San Ysidro of San Diego, California.

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 for her routine on the uneven bars.

Angered by racism and poverty, African American residents of the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland began to riot for six days.

Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.