June 18
Events
618 - 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 defeat 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, sights 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 : The Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for the second and final time.
1858 - Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes 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 between Germany and Russia is signed.
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
1923 - Checker Taxi 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 the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic ).
1930 - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute 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 Lohia , a Socialist calls 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 crashes and burns near Tokyo , Japan killing 129.
1954 - Pierre Mendčs-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 .
1972 - Staines air disaster - 118 killed as plane crashes 2 minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport .
1979 - SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union .
1981 - The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California .
1983 - Space Shuttle program : STS-7 , Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1984 - A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire , during the 1984 -1985 [[UK miners' strike *1992 - Omar , Was born in New York City The world will never be the same.
Births
1269 - Princess Eleanor of England (d. 1298 )
1318 - Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355 )
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 )
1716 - Joseph-Marie Vien , French painter (d. 1809 )
1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas , Argentine leader (d. 1833 )
1757 - Ignaz Pleyel , Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831 )
1812 - Ivan Goncharov , Russian author (d. 1891 )
1815 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen , German general (d. 1881 )
1839 - William Henry Seward, Jr. , Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (d. 1920 )
1845 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran , French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922 )
1854 - E.W. Scripps , American journalist and publisher (d. 1926 )
1863 - George Essex Evans , Australian poet (d. 1909 )
1868 - Miklós Horthy , Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957 )
1870 - Edouard Le Roy , French philosopher and mathematician
1877 - James Montgomery Flagg , American illustrator (d. 1960 )
1882 - Georgi Dimitrov , Bulgarian Communist leader (d. 1949 )
1884 - Édouard Daladier , French politician (d. 1970 )
1886 - Alexander Wetmore , American ornithologist (d. 1978 )
1891 - Mae Busch , Australian actress (d. 1946 )
1895 - Blanche Sweet , American actress (d. 1986 )
1895 - Manuela Fernández-Fojaco , Spanish supercentenarian
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 )
1904 - Manuel Rosenthal , French conductor and composer (d. 2003 )
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 )
1908 - Stanley Knowles , Canadian politician (d. 1997 )
1910 - E.G. Marshall , American actor (d. 1998 )
1910 - Ray McKinley , jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1995 )
1910 - Dick Foran , American actor (d. 1979 )
1913 - Sammy Cahn , American composer (d. 1993 )
1913 - Sylvia Field Porter , American economist and journalist (d. 1991 )
1915 - Red Adair , American firefighter (d. 2004 )
1916 - Julio César Turbay Ayala , Colombian politician (d. 2005 )
1917 - Richard Boone , American actor (d. 1981 )
1917 - Arthur Tremblay , Canadian politician (d. 1996 )
1918 - Jerome Karle , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 - Franco Modigliani , Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003 )
1920 - Ian Carmichael , English actor
1922 - Claude Helffer , French pianist (d. 2004 )
1924 - George Mikan , American basketball player (d. 2005 )
1927 - Paul Eddington , English actor (d. 1995 )
1927 - Eva Bartok , Hungarian-born British actress
1928 - David T. Lykken , American scientist
1929 - Jürgen Habermas , German sociologist and philosopher
1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso , President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002
1932 - Dudley R. Herschbach , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 - Geoffrey Hill , English poet
1934 - Mitsuteru Yokoyama , Japanese manga artist (d. 2004 )
1935 - Hugh McColl , American banker
1936 - Denny Hulme , New Zealand race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1992 )
1937 - Wray Carlton , American football player
1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV , U.S. Senator
1937 - Vitali Zholobov , Soviet cosmonaut
1938 - Kevin Murray , Australian rules footballer
1939 - Lou Brock , American baseball player
1939 - Jean-Claude Germain , French Canadian author, journalist and historian
1940 - Michael Sheard , British actor (d. 2005 )
1941 - Delia Smith , English cook and television presenter
1942 - Roger Ebert , American film reviewer
1942 - Sir Paul McCartney , English singer and songwriter (The Beatles )
1942 - Hans Vonk , Dutch conductor (d. 2004 )
1942 - Thabo Mbeki , President of South Africa
1942 - Carl Radle , American bass guitarist (d. 1980 )
1943 - Raffaella Carrŕ , Italian singer
1944 - Sandy Posey , American singer
1946 - Russell Ash , British author
1946 - Fabio Capello , Italian football coach
1946 - Bruiser Brody , professional wrestler (d. 1988 )
1948 - Éva Marton , Hungarian operatic soprano
1949 - Chris Van Allsburg , American author and illustrator
1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson , Jamaican musician (d. 1999 )
1949 - Lech Kaczy?ski , Polish president, 2005 -present
1949 - Jaros?aw Kaczy?ski , Polish prime minister, twin brother of Lech Kaczy?ski
1950 - Jackie Leven aka Sir Vincent Lone Scottish singer and songwriter
1952 - Isabella Rossellini , Italian actress
1952 - Carol Kane , American actress
1956 - Brian Benben , American actor
1957 - Miguel Ángel Lotina , Spanish football manager
1960 - Ralph Brown , British actor
1961 - Andrés Galarraga , baseball player
1961 - Alison Moyet , English pop singer
1963 - Bruce Smith , American football player
1962 - Mitsuharu Misawa , Japanese professional wrestler
1963 - Dizzy Reed , aka Darren Arthur Reed keyboardist for (former) Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver
1964 - Uday Hussein , Iraqi leader (d. 2003 )
1965 - Kim Dickens , American actress and model
1966 - Kurt Browning , Canadian figure skater
1967 - Pasquale Bruno , Italian American entrepreneur
1969 - Pĺl Pot Pamparius , Norwegian musician (Turbonegro )
1969 - Vito LoGrasso , American professional wrestler
1969 - Christopher Largen , American author
1970 - Greg Yaitanes , American television and film director
1971 - Nathan Morris , American singer (Boyz II Men )
1971 - Jason McAteer , England-born Irish footballer
1972 - Michal Yannai , Israeli actress and model.
1973 - Alexandros Papadimitriou , Greek hammer thrower
1973 - Eddie Cibrian , American actor
1973 - Julie Depardieu , French actress
1974 - Vincenzo Montella , Italian footballer
1975 - Martin St. Louis , Canadian hockey player
1975 - Aleksandrs Koli?ko , Latvian footballer
1975 - Marie Gillain , Belgian actress
1975 - Jemma Griffiths , Welsh singer-songwriter
1975 - Jamel Debbouze , French actor and producer
1976 - Alana de la Garza , American actress
1976 - Witte Wartena , Dutch artist
1976 - Blake Shelton , American Country Singer
1978 - Wang Liqin , Chinese table tennis player
1980 - Antonio Gates , American football player
1980 - Tara Platt , American actress
1980 - Ivana Wong , Hong Kong singer and songwriter
1980 - Craig Mottram , Australian middle distance runner
1981 - Teresa Cormack , New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987 )
1981 - Ella (Jiahua) Chen , member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
1982 - Sean Conant , Irish-American artist
1984 - Mateus , Angolan footballer
1984 - Janne Happonen , Finnish skijumper
1986 - Richard Gasquet , French tennis player
1989 - Renee Olstead , American singer and actress
1991 - Willa Holland , American actress
2006 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Deaths
1234 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218 )
1291 - King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265 )
1464 - Roger van der Weyden , Flemish painter
1536 - Henry Fitzroy , (b. 1519) bastard son of Henry VIII
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 )
1788 - Adam Gib , Scottish religious leader (b. 1714 )
1794 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1760 )
1794 - James Murray , British military officer and administrator (b. 1721 )
1815 - Thomas Picton , British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758 )
1815 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme , French general (b. 1766 )
1835 - William Cobbett , English journalist and author (b. 1763 )
1889 - Jacques Damala , Greek military officer and actor (b. 1855 )
1902 - Samuel Butler , English writer (b. 1835 )
1915 - Eufemio Zapata , brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata , killed by Sidronio Comancho
1916 - Max Immelmann , German flying ace (b. 1890 )
1922 - Jacobus Kapteyn , Dutch astronomer (b. 1851 )
1928 - Roald Amundsen , Norwegian explorer (b. 1872 )
1936 - Maxim Gorky , Russian author (b. 1868 )
1937 - Gaston Doumergue , French statesman (b. 1863 )
1947 - Shigematsu Sakaibara , Japanese admiral (b. 1898 )
1959 - Ethel Barrymore , American actress (b. 1879 )
1963 - Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican actor (b. 1912 )
1967 - Beat Fehr , Swiss racing driver (b. 1942 )
1967 - Giacomo Russo , Italian racing driver (b. 1937 )
1971 - Thomas Gomez , American actor (b. 1905 )
1971 - Paul Karrer , Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889 )
1973 - Roger Delgado , British actor (b. 1918 )
1974 - Georgy Zhukov , Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1896 )
1974 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza , Brazilian writer (b. 1896 )
1978 - Walter C. Alvarez , American physician (b. 1884)
1980 - André Leducq , French cyclist (b. 1904 )
1980 - Terence Fisher , English film director (b. 1904 )
1982 - John Cheever , American author (b. 1912 )
1982 - Curd Jürgens , German actor (b. 1915 )
1984 - Alan Berg , American radio talk show host
1985 - Paul Colin , French poster designer (b. 1892 )
1986 - Frances Scott Fitzgerald , Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre . (b. 1921 )
1989 - I. F. Stone , American journalist (b. 1907 )
1992 - Mordecai Ardon , one of Israel's greatest painters (b. 1896 )
1992 - Peter Allen , Australian singer and songwriter (b. 1944 )
1997 - Lev Kopelev , Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912 )
2000 - Nancy Marchand , American actress (b. 1928 )
2002 - Jack Buck , American baseball announcer (b. 1924 )
2003 - Larry Doby , American baseball player (b. 1923 )
2005 - Syed Mushtaq Ali , Indian cricketer (b. 1914 )
2005 - Manuel Sadosky , Argentine mathematician (b. 1914 )
2006 - Vincent Sherman , American film director (b. 1906 )
2007 - Bernard Manning , British comedian (b. 1930 )
2007 - Georges Thurston , Canadian singer (b. 1951 )
2008 - Jean Delannoy , French actor and director (b. 1908 )
2008 - Tasha Tudor , American illustrator (b. 1915 )
2008 - Miyuki Kanbe , Japanese actor (b. 1984 )
Holidays and observances
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