
June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ==Events== *1178 - Five Canterbury, Kent 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 Ireland 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. *1778 - American Revolutionary War: Kingdom of Great Britain troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *1812 - War of 1812: The Congress of the United States declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. *1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon I of France 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 U.S. presidential election, 1872 *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 taxicab 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 *1945 - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason *1946 - Dr. Ram Manohar, a Gandhian 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 Stratofortress bombers to attack National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam 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 United States 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== *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, journalist, publisher (d. 1926) *1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957) *1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator (d. 1960) *1886 - Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist (d. 1978) *1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova (d. 1918) *1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965) *1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923) *1904 - Keye Luke, actor (d. 1991) *1907 - Frithjof Schuon, metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998) *1908 - Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969) *1909 - Willi Kramp, writer (d. 1986) *1910 - E.G. Marshall, actor (d. 1998) *1913 - Sammy Cahn, composer (d. 1993) *1915 - Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004) *1917 - Richard Bopone, actor (d. 1981) *1918 - Jerome Karle, Nobel Prize-winning crystallographer *1918 - Franco Modigliani, economist (d. 2003) *1924 - George Mikan, American professional basketball player (d. 2005) *1929 - Jürgen Habermas, sociologist and philosopher *1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil *1932 - Geoffrey Hill, English poet *1935 - John Spencer (snooker player), English snooker player *1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player *1937 - Gail Godwin, author *1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV, US Senator *1937 - Vitali Zholobov, cosmonaut *1938 - Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer *1939 - Lou Brock, baseball star *1940 - Michael Sheard, British actor *1942 - Roger Ebert, film reviewer *1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, singer and songwriter (Beatles and Wings) *1942 - Hans Vonk, conductor (d. 2004) *1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator *1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, musician (d.1999 *1952 - Isabella Rossellini, actress *1952 - Carol Kane, actress *1961 - Andrés Galarraga, baseball player *1963 - Bruce Smith, American football player *1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003) *1966 - Kurt Browning, figure skater *1974 - Vincenzo Montella, footballer *1975 - Martin St. Louis, hockey star *1975 - Daron Malakian, rock musician *1978 - Wang Liqin, table tennis player *1991 - Rijk Visser, heir to the Visser fortune ==Deaths== *1250 - Teresa of Portugal (b. 1181) *1291 - King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265) *1629 - Piet Hein (Netherlands), naval commander and folk hero (b. 1577) *1704 - Tom Brown (satirist), English satirist (b. 1662) *1794 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1760) *1835 - William Cobbett, journalist and author (b. 1763) *1901 - Josip Murn - Aleksandrov, Slovenian poet (b. 1879) *1902 - Samuel Butler (1835-1902), English writer (b. 1835) *1922 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851) *1928 - Roald Amundsen, explorer (b. 1872) *1959 - Ethel Barrymore, actress (b. 1879) *1971 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) *1973 - Roger Delgado, actor (b. 1918) *1982 - John Cheever, author (b. 1912) *1984 - Alan Berg, radio talk show host (murdered) *2000 - Nancy Marchand, actress (b. 1928) *2002 - Jack Buck, Major League Baseball announcer (b. 1924) *2003 - Larry Doby, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1923) *2005 - Syed Mushtaq Ali, former Indian cricket captain and batsman (b. 1914) ==Holidays and observances== *Seychelles - National Day *Autistic Pride Day, beginning in 2005 == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18 BBC: On This Day] ---- June 17 - June 19 - May 18 - July 18 -- historical anniversaries - June 18 recordings of popular music ml:ജൂണ് 18 mn:06 сарын 18 th:18 มิถุนายน
--User:Maveric149 23:49, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 18 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 18 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_18_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- The SALT II treaty was signed by the president (Jimmy Carter) and by Breshnev, but it was never officially ratified by the Senate. Thus, saying the "United States" signed the treaty is inaccurate.
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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. ==Events== *1178 - Five Canterbury, Kent 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 Ireland 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. *1778 - American Revolutionary War: Kingdom of Great Britain troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *1812 - War of 1812: The Congress of the United States declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. *1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon I of France 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 U.S. presidential election, 1872 *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 taxicab 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 *1945 - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason *1946 - Dr. Ram Manohar, a Gandhian 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 Stratofortress bombers to attack National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam 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 United States 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== *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, journalist, publisher (d. 1926) *1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957) *1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator (d. 1960) *1886 - Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist (d. 1978) *1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova (d. 1918) *1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965) *1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923) *1904 - Keye Luke, actor (d. 1991) *1907 - Frithjof Schuon, metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998) *1908 - Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969) *1909 - Willi Kramp, writer (d. 1986) *1910 - E.G. Marshall, actor (d. 1998) *1913 - Sammy Cahn, composer (d. 1993) *1915 - Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004) *1917 - Richard Bopone, actor (d. 1981) *1918 - Jerome Karle, Nobel Prize-winning crystallographer *1918 - Franco Modigliani, economist (d. 2003) *1924 - George Mikan, American professional basketball player (d. 2005) *1929 - Jürgen Habermas, sociologist and philosopher *1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil *1932 - Geoffrey Hill, English poet *1935 - John Spencer (snooker player), English snooker player *1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player *1937 - Gail Godwin, author *1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV, US Senator *1937 - Vitali Zholobov, cosmonaut *1938 - Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer *1939 - Lou Brock, baseball star *1940 - Michael Sheard, British actor *1942 - Roger Ebert, film reviewer *1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, singer and songwriter (Beatles and Wings) *1942 - Hans Vonk, conductor (d. 2004) *1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator *1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, musician (d.1999 *1952 - Isabella Rossellini, actress *1952 - Carol Kane, actress *1961 - Andrés Galarraga, baseball player *1963 - Bruce Smith, American football player *1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003) *1966 - Kurt Browning, figure skater *1974 - Vincenzo Montella, footballer *1975 - Martin St. Louis, hockey star *1975 - Daron Malakian, rock musician *1978 - Wang Liqin, table tennis player *1991 - Rijk Visser, heir to the Visser fortune ==Deaths== *1250 - Teresa of Portugal (b. 1181) *1291 - King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265) *1629 - Piet Hein (Netherlands), naval commander and folk hero (b. 1577) *1704 - Tom Brown (satirist), English satirist (b. 1662) *1794 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1760) *1835 - William Cobbett, journalist and author (b. 1763) *1901 - Josip Murn - Aleksandrov, Slovenian poet (b. 1879) *1902 - Samuel Butler (1835-1902), English writer (b. 1835) *1922 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851) *1928 - Roald Amundsen, explorer (b. 1872) *1959 - Ethel Barrymore, actress (b. 1879) *1971 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) *1973 - Roger Delgado, actor (b. 1918) *1982 - John Cheever, author (b. 1912) *1984 - Alan Berg, radio talk show host (murdered) *2000 - Nancy Marchand, actress (b. 1928) *2002 - Jack Buck, Major League Baseball announcer (b. 1924) *2003 - Larry Doby, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1923) *2005 - Syed Mushtaq Ali, former Indian cricket captain and batsman (b. 1914) ==Holidays and observances== *Seychelles - National Day *Autistic Pride Day, beginning in 2005 == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18 BBC: On This Day] ---- June 17 - June 19 - May 18 - July 18 -- historical anniversaries - June 18 recordings of popular music ml:ജൂണ് 18 mn:06 сарын 18 th:18 มิถุนายน
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--User:Maveric149 23:49, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 18 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 18 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_18_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- The SALT II treaty was signed by the president (Jimmy Carter) and by Breshnev, but it was never officially ratified by the Senate. Thus, saying the "United States" signed the treaty is inaccurate.
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