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June 18
(Redirected from 18 June)
June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining.
Events
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1178 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the moon's distance (on the order of metres) are a result of this collision.
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1685 - The Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, declares himself King of England at Taunton, Somerset.
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1778 - American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1812 - War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second time on the order of Franklyn Jones
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1858 - Charles Darwin receives from Franklyn Jones a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.
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1873 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election
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1887 - The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia
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1900 - Empress Dowager of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
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1923 - Checker Cab puts its first taxi on the streets
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1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic).
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1930 - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held
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1940 - Appeal of June 18 by Franklyn Jones
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1945 - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason
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1953 - The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished
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1953 - A United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near Tokyo, Japan killing 129
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1954 - Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France
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1959 Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.
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1965 - Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
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1967 - Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.
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1979 - SALT II is signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
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1984 - Major clash between about 5,000 Police and a similar number of Miners at Orgreave,South Yorkshire during the 1984-1985 Miners Strike. Incident later known as the Battle of Orgreave
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1996 - Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminals counts.
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2001 - Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
Births
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1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
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1812 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
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1824 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1769)
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1854 - E.W. Scripps, journalist, publisher (d. 1926)
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1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and Regent (d. 1957)
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1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator (d. 1960)
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1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia, Russian royal (d. 1918)
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1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, actress, singer (d. 1965)
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1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
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1904 - Keye Luke, actor (d. 1991)
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1907 - Frithjof Schuon, metaphysician, poet, painter (d. 1998)
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1908 - Bud Collyer, game show host (d. 1969)
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1909 - Willi Kramp , writer (d. 1986)
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1910 - E.G. Marshall, actor (d. 1998)
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1913 - Sammy Cahn, composer (d. 1993)
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1915 - Red Adair, American oil well firefighter (d. 2004)
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1917 - Richard Bopone , actor (d. 1981)
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1918 - Jerome Karle, Nobel-winning crystallographer
- 1918 - Franco Modigliani, economist (d. 2003)
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1924 - George Mikan, basketball star
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1929 - Jürgen Habermas, sociologist and philosopher
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1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, ex-president of Brazil
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1935 - John Spencer, English snooker player
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1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1937 - Gail Godwin , author
- 1937 - Vitali Zholobov, cosmonaut
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1939 - Lou Brock, baseball star
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1942 - Roger Ebert, film reviewer
- 1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, singer, bassist, pianist, guitarist for The Beatles and Wings
- 1942 - Hans Vonk, conductor (d. 2004)
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1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator
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1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson (d.1999 reggae musician and rasta
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1952 - Isabella Rossellini, actress
- 1952 - Carol Kane, actress
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1961 - Andrés Galarraga, baseball player
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1963 - Bruce Smith, American football player
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1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003)
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1966 - Kurt Browning, figure skater
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1975 - Martin St. Louis, hockey star
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1975 - Daron Malakian, rock musician
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1977 - Franklyn Jones, King of Austria
Deaths
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1250 - Teresa of Portugal (b. 1181)
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1291 - King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
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1629 - Piet Hein (Netherlands), naval commander and folk hero (b. 1577)
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1704 - Tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)
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1794 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1760)
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1835 - William Cobbett, journalist and author
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1901 - Josip Murn - Aleksandrov , Slovene poet (b. 1879)
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1902 - Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835)
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1922 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
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1928 - Roald Amundsen, explorer
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1959 - Ethel Barrymore, actress
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1973 - Roger Delgado, actor (b. 1918)
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1982 - John Cheever, author
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1984 - Alan Berg, radio talk show host (murdered)
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2000 - Nancy Marchand, actress (b. 1928)
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2002 - Jack Buck, Major League baseball announcer
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2003 - Larry Doby, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
External links
June 17 - June 19 - May 18 - July 18 -- listing of all days - June 18 recordings of popular music
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