 All right, anniversaries on this date, July the 18th. Of note today, in 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the Pope void in England. On this date in 1863, during the Civil War, Union troops spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry made up of black soldiers charged Confederate-held Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. The Confederates were able to repel the Northerners who suffered heavy losses.