June 18

June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining.

Events

• 1778 - American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1812 - The beginning of the War of 1812 -- The United States Congress declares war against United Kingdom
• 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second 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
• 1923 - Checker Cab[?] puts its first taxi on the streets
• 1930 - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held
• 1945 - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack Viet Cong encampments in South Vietnam
• 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

Births

• 1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (+ 1833)
• 1854 - E.W. Scripps[?], journalist, publisher (+ 1926)
• 1868 - Miklos Horthy, Hungarian admiral and Regent (+ 1957)
• 1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator (+ 1960)
• 1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia, Russian imperial family (+ 1918)
• 1903 - Jeanette MacDonald[?], actress, singer (+ 1965)
• 1904 - Keye Luke[?], actor (+ 1991)
• 1908 - Bud Collyer[?], game show host (+ 1969)
• 1909 - Willi Kramp[?], writer (+ 1986)
• 1910 - E.G. Marshall[?], actor (+ 1998)
• 1913 - Sammy Cahn[?], composer (+ 1993)
• 1915 - Paul Neil "Red" Adair[?], fire fighter
• 1917 - Richard Bopone[?], actor (+ 1981)
• 1918 - Jerome Karle[?], crystallographer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry 1985
• 1918 - Franco Modigliani, economist, recipient of The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1985
• 1924 - George Mikan[?], basketball star
• 1929 - Jürgen Habermas, sociologist and philosopher
• 1937 - Gail Godwin[?], author
• 1939 - Lou Brock, baseball star
• 1942 - Roger Ebert, film reviewer
• 1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, singer, bassist, pianist, guitarist for The Beatles and Wings
• 1952 - Isabella Rossellini, actress
• 1952 - Carol Kane, actress
• 1966 - Kurt Browning[?], figure skater

Deaths

• 1291 - King Alfonso III of Aragon
• 1928 - Roald Amundsen, explorer
• 1959 - Ethel Barrymore[?], actress
• 1982 - John Cheever[?], author
• 1984 - Alan Berg[?], radio talk show host
• 2000 - Nancy Marchand[?], actress

Holidays and observances

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