June 18
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June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining.
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Events
- 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.
- 1264 - The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
- 1429 - The French, under the leadership of Joan of Arc, crush the English under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. It came to be recognized as the war's turning point.
- 1685 - The Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, declares himself King of England at Taunton, Somerset.
- 1767 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1778 - American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1812 - War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second, final time
- 1858 - Charles Darwin receives from Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.
- 1873 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election
- 1887 - The Reinsurance Treaty is closed between Germany and Russia
- 1900 - Empress Dowager of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1923 - Checker Cab puts its first taxi on the streets
- 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).
- 1930 - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held
- 1940 - Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle
- 1940 - Finest Hour speech by Winston Churchill
- 1945 - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason
- 1946 - Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya, a Socialist called for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
- 1953 - The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished
- 1953 - A United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near Tokyo, Japan killing 129
- 1954 - Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France
- 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.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
- 1967 - Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.
- 1979 - SALT II is signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- 1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
- 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
- 1996 - Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminals counts.
- 2001 - Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
Births
- 1466 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
- 1511 - Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
- 1517 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
- 1552 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)
- 1667 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
- 1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
- 1812 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
- 1824 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1769)
- 1854 - E.W. Scripps, American journalist, publisher (d. 1926)
- 1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
- 1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960)
- 1886 - Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)
- 1895 - Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
- 1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
- 1904 - Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (d. 1991)
- 1907 - Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998)
- 1908 - Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969)
- 1908 - Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1910 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Sammy Cahn, American composer (d. 1993)
- 1915 - Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 - Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1922 - Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
- 1924 - George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
- 1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil
- 1932 - Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 - Geoffrey Hill, English poet
- 1935 - John Spencer, English snooker player
- 1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator
- 1937 - Vitali Zholobov, cosmonaut
- 1938 - Kevin Murray, Australian footballer
- 1939 - Lou Brock, baseball player
- 1940 - Michael Sheard, British actor
- 1942 - Roger Ebert, American film reviewer
- 1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (Beatles)
- 1942 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
- 1942 - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
- 1942 - Carl Radle, American bass guitarist
- 1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
- 1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d.1999
- 1952 - Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- 1952 - Carol Kane, American actress
- 1961 - Andrés Galarraga, baseball player
- 1963 - Bruce Smith, American football player
- 1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003)
- 1966 - Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
- 1974 - Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
- 1975 - Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player
- 1975 - Daron Malakian, American musician
- 1978 - Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
Deaths
- 1234 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
- 1291 - King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
- 1464 - Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter
- 1588 - Robert Crowley, English printer and poet
- 1629 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (b. 1577)
- 1650 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer
- 1673 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (b. 1606)
- 1680 - Samuel Butler, English poet (b. 1612)
- 1704 - Tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)
- 1726 - Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
- 1742 - John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670)
- 1749 - Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
- 1772 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (b. 1706)
- 1772 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (b. 1700)
- 1794 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1760)
- 1815 - Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758)
- 1835 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
- 1902 - Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835)
- 1922 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851)
- 1928 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
- 1959 - Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
- 1971 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- 1973 - Roger Delgado, British actor (b. 1918)
- 1982 - John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
- 1984 - Alan Berg, American radio talk show host (murdered)
- 1997 - Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
- 2000 - Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Jack Buck, baseball announcer (b. 1924)
- 2003 - Larry Doby, baseball player (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
Holidays and observances
- Seychelles - National Day
- Autistic Pride Day, beginning in 2005
External links
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