* July 18-The first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis.

* July 18-The Open Championship-Todd Hamilton wins at Royal Troon in a playoff over Ernie Els

* July 18-The office of Governor of Northern Ireland, at this time held by The Lord Grey of Naunton, is abolished under Section 32 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act.

* July 18-The Abbey Theatre in Dublin is burnt to the ground.

* July 18-The last steam locomotive runs on the Nickel Plate Road as a pair of 0-8-0 switchers are called out to cover a traffic surge.

* July 18-The Second Battle of Fort Wagner begins when the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an African-American military unit, led by white Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, attacked a Confederate fort at Morris Island, South Carolina.

** July 18-The Battle of Dubienka takes place.

* Method of forming a semiconductor, filed July 1963, issued May 1965, assigned to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.

* July 18 – The semiconductor company Intel is founded.

* July 30, 2007: Purchased certain semiconductor IP assets from MOSAID Technologies.

The company started production in July 1998 in its 200 mm ( 8 inch ) semiconductor fabrication plant.

On July 9, 2012 Lattice announced a long term technology partnership with United Microelectronics Corporation, a leading global semiconductor foundry.

To honor the cookie's creation in the state, on July 9, 1997, Massachusetts designated the chocolate chip cookie as the Official State Cookie, after it was proposed by a third-grade class from Somerset, Massachusetts.

* July – On July 10, Austin Texas – Freescale Semiconductor begins marketing a 4-Mbit MRAM chip, which sells for approximately $ 25. 00 per chip.

Early integrated circuit devices to incorporate FM synthesis methods include the Atari POKEY custom application-specific integrated circuit or " ASIC " ( U. S. Patent 4, 314, 236 issued February 2, 1982 ) in the Atari 800 and the MOS Technology 6581 / 8580 SID chip ( U. S. Patent 4, 677, 890, filed on February 27, 1983 and issued on July 7, 1987 ) used in the Commodore 64.

" In July 2006, Karagounis scored a magnificent chip shot right out of the 18-yard line against Shakhtar Donetsk which gave Benfica a 2 – 0 win.

* July 2006: BAE Systems begins selling the first commercial PRAM, a Radiation Hardened C-RAM 512Kx8 chip

In a playing of Plinko taped July 22, 2008, a prop official forgot to remove the fishing line used in the filming of a previous promotion for the official video game ( so the chip will only fall on the $ 10, 000 slot ) before having it readied for game play.

Similarly, a wood chip sample was not removed from Collins ' apartment for testing until July 17, nearly three weeks after the fire.

The system had been designed in 1983 through 1984 with an intended mass market rollout in June 1984, but was canceled shortly thereafter due to the sale of the company to Tramiel Technology Ltd on July 2, 1984.

The transaction was approved by Borland shareholders on July 22, 2009, with Micro Focus acquiring the company for $ 1. 50 / share.

He met with the company, and a contract was drawn up in July 1913.

Columbus has been home to many manufacturing companies, including Noblitt-Sparks Industries ( which built radios under the Arvin brand in the 1930s ) and Arvin Industries, now Meritor, Inc. After merging with Meritor Automotive on July 10, 2000, the headquarters of the newly created ArvinMeritor Industries was established in Troy, Michigan, the home of parent company, Rockwell International.

As more execs and researchers left Commodore after the announcement to join up with Tramiel's new company Atari Corp., Commodore followed by filing lawsuits against four former engineers for theft of trade secrets in late July.

The company organization of each camp had a dual-authority supervisory staff: firstly, Department of War personnel or Reserve officers ( until 1 July 1939 ), a " company commander " and junior officer, who were responsible for overall camp operation, logistics, education and training ; and secondly, ten to fourteen technical service civilians, including a camp " superintendent " and " foreman ," employed by either the Departments of Interior or Agriculture, responsible for the particular field work.

The name Gibtelecom begun to be used in July 2002, and as of 1 October 2003 this name was formally adopted by the company ( which up until then was still Gibraltar Nynex Communications ).

In July 2008, the company after a series of change of ownership was eventually acquired by the US private equity firm, NRDC Equity Partners, which also owned American department store chain Lord & Taylor.

In July 16, 2008, after Zucker's death, the company was sold to NRDC Equity Partners, a private equity firm of Purchase, New York which already owned Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the United States.

The only recent American contender in the harmonica market was Harrison Harmonicas, however the company folded in July 2011 due to production issues.

Josiah Wedgwood ( 12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795 ) was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialisation of the manufacture of pottery.

He then received orders to Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C., for duties as a company commander, serving in this assignment until July 1973.

Kazaa was introduced by the Dutch company Consumer Empowerment in March 2001, near the end of the first generation of P2P networks typified by the shutdown of Napster in July 2001.

A 2012 U. S. National Transportation Safety Board report which investigated the response of the Canadian energy company Enbridge to a July 2010 pipeline spill in Michigan where millions of litres of oil began to pour in and around the Kalamazoo River compared the company ’ s handling of the spill to the Keystone Cops.

Toronto based theatre company Frolick adapted the Little Nemo in Slumberland comic strip for presentation at the Lagoon Theatre, Olympic Island, Toronto Islands running from July 1, until August 26, 2012 under the title " Adventures in Slumberland ".

In July 2010, Palin sent a message of support for the Dongria Kondh tribe of India, who are resisting a mine on their land by the company Vedanta Resources.

Proposals to sell Tranz Rail's Wellington passenger rail services, Tranz Metro, did not come to fruition, although the division became a separate company in July 2003.

On 17 July 2007, a new section of the site, the NC Mall, was launched in a partnership with Korean gaming company Nexon Corporation.

As of July 5, 2012, Volkswagen is to acquire the 50. 1 per cent in Porsche's capital that it doesn't already hold from holding company Porsche SE for € 4. 46 billion plus one Volkswagen share.

Their publishing company, Watch Tower, and official position magazine, The Watchtower, have asserted: " Ever since The Watchtower began to be published in July 1879 it has looked ahead into the future ... No, The Watchtower is no inspired prophet, but it follows and explains a Book of prophecy the predictions in which have proved to be unerring and unfailing till now.

It was announced in July 2009 that the Belgian dredging company Jan De Nul, together with a consortium of contractors consisting of the Spanish Sacyr Vallehermoso, the Italian Impregilo, and the Panamanian company Grupo Cusa, had been awarded the contract to build the six new locks.

In July 2007, the China state-owned oil company CNOOC signed an agreement with the Somali government to search for oil in the Mudug region of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland ; a competing oil company estimated the total reserves in Puntland could amount to five to ten billion barrels of oil.