On this day, July 18 …1969: U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., leaves a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne; some time later, Kennedy's car goes off a bridge into the water. Also on this day …A.D. 64: The Great Fire of Rome begins, consuming most of the city for about a week. The Great Fire of Rome begins, consuming most of the city for about a week. 1947: President Harry S. Truman signs a Presidential Succession Act, which places the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president. President Harry S. Truman signs a Presidential Succession Act, which places the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

Source: Fox News July 18, 2019 08:15 UTC