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Anniversary on the 18th of June 0068

Anniversary
Date Text
100 years anniversary
18 Jun 1924   George Mikan: NBA center (6-time all-pro)
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18 Jun 1924   Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem: Feminist / Wife of Joop den Uyl
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18 Jun 1924   George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
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75 years anniversary
18 Jun 1949   Jerry Hollendorfer: Horse trainer
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18 Jun 1949   William Randolph Hearst III: Publisher / editor
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18 Jun 1949   "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
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18 Jun 1949   Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
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18 Jun 1949   Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
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18 Jun 1949   Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
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18 Jun 1949   Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter (The Tartans) (d. 1999)
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50 years anniversary
18 Jun 1974   Bumper Robinson: Actor (Webster, Night Court)
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18 Jun 1974   Keith Poole: Wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
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18 Jun 1974   Georgi K Zhukov: Russian marshal / Minister of Defense, dies at 77
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18 Jun 1974   Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government
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18 Jun 1974   Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer and manager
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18 Jun 1974   Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor
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18 Jun 1974   Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (b. 1896)
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18 Jun 1974   Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
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18 Jun 1974   Peter Hoorelbeke drummer with US band Rare Earth was arrested after a concert for throwing his drumsticks into the crowd.
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18 Jun 1974   Bumper Robinson actor (Webster, Night Court)
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18 Jun 1974   Georgi Zhukov Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at 78
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20 years anniversary
18 Jun 2004   Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1972)
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15 years anniversary
18 Jun 2009   The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
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10 years anniversary
18 Jun 2014   Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)
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18 Jun 2014   Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928)
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18 Jun 2014   Claire Martin, Canadian author (b. 1914)
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18 Jun 2014   Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (b. 1957)
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18 Jun 2014   Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)
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18 Jun 2014   death
Stephanie Kwolek
Died 18 Jun 2014 at age 90 (born 31 Jul 1923).

American chemist and inventor of Kevlar. Shortly after graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry (1946), she began a career at DuPont's textile fibers department in Buffalo, New York. Kwolek was assigned to search for a new, high-performance fiber that would be acid- and base-resistant and stable at high temperatures, suitable to replace steel in radial tyres. After extensive experimentation, she created a polymer solution which, when spun into a fibre, was five times stronger than steel and had half the density of fiberglass. It was named Kevlar. Today, this fibre is used to make bullet-proof jackets military helmets, aircraft parts, inflatable boats, gloves, rope, and building materials. Kwolek never pursued a Ph.D. degree. She was the fourth woman inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1995).
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