Template:OpenHistoricalMap/On this day

The OpenHistoricalMap portal features a selection of establishments and disestablishments on each day of the year, based on OpenHistoricalMap data. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.

July 18

1164

The Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona form a union.

1814

Realengo is established in Rio de Janeiro.

1954

The Hialeah Speedway begins operation in Hialeah, Florida.

1957

Leodegario Victorino Memorial High School, the predecessor to Marikina Polytechnic College, opens in Marikina.

1963

The Big Wheel restaurant opens in Valparaiso, Indiana.

1992

Dambeck, Brunow, Pampin, and Platschow are transferred from Brandenburg to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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