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- 0618 Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China.
- 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 French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc crush the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
- 1767 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1778 American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the Revolutionary War.
- 1812 War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1815 UK hist The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
- 1816 Celebration of first Thanksgiving Day in Upper Canada: deliverance from Americans in War of 1812.
- 1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
- 1835 UK hist William Cobbett dies
- 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.
- 1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
- 1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
- 1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
- 1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 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.
- 1892 Macademia nuts first planted in Hawaii
- 1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ
- 1899 The CP line from Lethbridge through Crows Nest Pass to Kootenay Landing is opened for traffic. This was built with subsidies afforded by the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897 which also set fixed rates on grain traffic.
- 1900 Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1908 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship
- 1920 Visitor posting - Bertha V Maslovekas (Karaska) was born! - USA
- 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 held.
- 1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
- 1936 The first bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
- 1940 "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
- 1940 Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
- 1940 The French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Canada with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war.
- 1940 The RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France.
- 1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
- 1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes first black ensign in US Navy
- 1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
- 1942 James Paul McCartney of The Beatles is born in Liverpool England
- 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
- 1946 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist called for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
- 1948 American Library Association adopts the Library Bill of Rights
- 1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for first time
- 1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights
- 1953 Australian POWs released at Panmunjon
- 1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
- 1953 The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished.
- 1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
- 1954 Pierre Mends-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt (British and French forces attempted to seize the Canal)
- 1959 Visitor posting - Ola Mae was born in Atlanta Ga - USA
- 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.
- 1959 The First telecast transmitted from England to US
- 1962 Visitor posting - Jacqueline Mckenney Williams born
- 1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school
- 1967 Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.
- 1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
- 1970 Visitor posting - Lauri Martino Nelson born in Nashua, NH - USA
- 1971 Visitor posting - Mark Foster was born on this day - United Kingdom
- 1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
- 1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
- 1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
- 1977 Number one hit on UK music charts - Kenny Rogers - Lucille
- 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for first time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
- 1978 Visitor posting - June 18 1978 Cyrus Estrada arrive in Minglanilla Cebu Philippines
- 1979 SALT II is signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- 1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
- 1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
- 1981 The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
- 1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride first US woman
- 1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
- 1983 Sally Ride becomes the first U.S. 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.
- 1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
- 1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
- 1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
- 1991 Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
- 1992 Visitor posting - Ridge Dungan was born in Evans Georgia - USA
- 1992 Visitor posting - Kaylee Michelle DeVon was born!
- 1994 Visitor posting - Jessica Lake was born !!!! - Canada
- 1994 Visitor posting - J.J FOREVER (L) - Canada
- 1994 Visitor posting - Jordan was born this day at 6:00 pm. - USA
- 1996 Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
- 1998 Visitor posting - Hannah Grace Gaddis was born in Kansas City, MO - USA
- 1999 A global Carnival against Capitalism.
- 1999 Visitor posting - Warren Akers is born in Dekalb County - USA
- 1999 Visitor posting - 1999 - June 18th - Devin Rahon Taliaferro was born
- 2001 Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
- 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
- 2008 Visitor posting - J + B FOREVER AND ALWAYS - USA
- 2009 Visitor posting - June 18, 2009 Declan Thomas Disidore was born in Kansas City
- 2009 Visitor posting - J.J FOREVER BABY (L) - Canada
- 2010 Campbell Soup Co. recalls nearly 15 million pounds of canned SpaghettiOs with meatballs because of possible under-processing - USA
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