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Events on the 18th of June in history

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18 Jun 0618 Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
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18 Jun 0860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
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18 Jun 1053 Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
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18 Jun 1155 Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
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18 Jun 1178 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)
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18 Jun 1178 Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
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18 Jun 1178 Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
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18 Jun 1264 The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
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18 Jun 1316 Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns
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18 Jun 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.
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18 Jun 1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I
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18 Jun 1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as King of Ireland
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18 Jun 1574 Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
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18 Jun 1580 States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
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18 Jun 1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on
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18 Jun 1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs. Dunkerk Cape
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18 Jun 1633 Charles I, is crowned King of Scots at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
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18 Jun 1639 Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
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18 Jun 1643 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
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18 Jun 1682 William Penn found Philadelphia
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18 Jun 1684 The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
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18 Jun 1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
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18 Jun 1757 Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
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18 Jun 1767 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
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18 Jun 1778 British Redcoats evacuate Philadelphia
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18 Jun 1778 American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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18 Jun 1779 French fleet occupies St. Vincent
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18 Jun 1799 Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith
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18 Jun 1812 War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland.
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18 Jun 1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
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18 Jun 1815 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
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18 Jun 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Bl
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18 Jun 1821 The opera "Der Freisch
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18 Jun 1822 Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas arrested in South Carolina
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18 Jun 1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
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18 Jun 1830 French invasion of Algeria.
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18 Jun 1836 HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
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18 Jun 1837 Spain gets new Constitution
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18 Jun 1839 Dutch Prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia
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18 Jun 1858 Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
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18 Jun 1859 First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
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18 Jun 1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
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18 Jun 1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
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18 Jun 1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
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18 Jun 1873 Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
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18 Jun 1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
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18 Jun 1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe
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18 Jun 1887 The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
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18 Jun 1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
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18 Jun 1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
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18 Jun 1898 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey
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18 Jun 1898 4th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
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18 Jun 1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ
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18 Jun 1900 Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as Premier of Italy
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18 Jun 1900 Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
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18 Jun 1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives New York 3-mo later
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18 Jun 1908 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
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18 Jun 1908 The University of the Philippines is established.
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18 Jun 1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
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18 Jun 1915 21st US Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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18 Jun 1915 Jerome Travers becomes the 2nd amateur to win golf's US Open
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18 Jun 1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
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18 Jun 1923 Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
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18 Jun 1926 Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
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18 Jun 1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6
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18 Jun 1928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean
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18 Jun 1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
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18 Jun 1928 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman (passenger) to cross Atlantic by air
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18 Jun 1930 Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
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18 Jun 1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
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18 Jun 1935 Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
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18 Jun 1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin
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18 Jun 1936 Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power
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18 Jun 1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
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18 Jun 1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy Nazi occupiers
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18 Jun 1940 German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs and chickens
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18 Jun 1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
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18 Jun 1940 Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
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18 Jun 1940 "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
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18 Jun 1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations
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18 Jun 1941 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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18 Jun 1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with Nazi-Germany
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18 Jun 1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
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18 Jun 1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
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18 Jun 1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the Census Bureau
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18 Jun 1944 Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris
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18 Jun 1944 U-767 sinks
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18 Jun 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason
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18 Jun 1945 William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
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18 Jun 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.
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18 Jun 1947 Cincinatti Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
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18 Jun 1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights
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18 Jun 1948 American Library Association adopts the Library Bill of Rights
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18 Jun 1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
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18 Jun 1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
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18 Jun 1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
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18 Jun 1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
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18 Jun 1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
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18 Jun 1953 The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
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18 Jun 1953 A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
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18 Jun 1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
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18 Jun 1953 Eugene Stephens gets 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 inning (7th)
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18 Jun 1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
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18 Jun 1954 Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
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18 Jun 1955 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances
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18 Jun 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
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18 Jun 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt
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18 Jun 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada
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18 Jun 1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
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18 Jun 1960 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 performances
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18 Jun 1960 60th US Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver
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18 Jun 1960 Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1
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18 Jun 1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
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18 Jun 1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
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18 Jun 1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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18 Jun 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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18 Jun 1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school
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18 Jun 1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
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18 Jun 1965 Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
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18 Jun 1967 67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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18 Jun 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
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18 Jun 1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
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18 Jun 1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
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18 Jun 1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
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18 Jun 1972 72nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach, California
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18 Jun 1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
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18 Jun 1972 Staines air disaster: 118 are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
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18 Jun 1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
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18 Jun 1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
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18 Jun 1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government
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18 Jun 1975 NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) premieres on radio
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18 Jun 1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
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18 Jun 1976 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
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18 Jun 1976 NBA & ABA agree to merge
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18 Jun 1977 Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub
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18 Jun 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
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18 Jun 1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
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18 Jun 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft
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18 Jun 1978 78th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill Country Club - Denver
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18 Jun 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
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18 Jun 1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
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18 Jun 1979 President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
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18 Jun 1979 US President Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty
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18 Jun 1979 SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
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18 Jun 1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
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18 Jun 1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres
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18 Jun 1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
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18 Jun 1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
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18 Jun 1980 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
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18 Jun 1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline
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18 Jun 1980 Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
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18 Jun 1981 Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced
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18 Jun 1981 The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
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18 Jun 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra
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18 Jun 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
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18 Jun 1983 "Pump Boys & Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances
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18 Jun 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
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18 Jun 1983 Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
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18 Jun 1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
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18 Jun 1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
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18 Jun 1984 84th US Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot Golf Club - New York
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18 Jun 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.
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18 Jun 1984 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
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18 Jun 1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
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18 Jun 1986 De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
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18 Jun 1986 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
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18 Jun 1986 Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs vs. Gibraltar, ICC Trophy
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18 Jun 1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
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18 Jun 1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
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18 Jun 1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
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18 Jun 1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
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18 Jun 1989 "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
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18 Jun 1989 89th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill Country Club - New York
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18 Jun 1989 John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo
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18 Jun 1989 Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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18 Jun 1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
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18 Jun 1989 Curtis Strange wins his 2nd US golf open
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18 Jun 1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
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18 Jun 1990 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
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18 Jun 1991 Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, arrives in US
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18 Jun 1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
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18 Jun 1991 Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
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18 Jun 1991 SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
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18 Jun 1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
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18 Jun 1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
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18 Jun 1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
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18 Jun 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
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18 Jun 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 seconds)
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18 Jun 1994 Gay Games open in New York City
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18 Jun 1994 US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup
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18 Jun 1995 95th US Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills, New York
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18 Jun 1995 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
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18 Jun 1996 Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
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18 Jun 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
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18 Jun 2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
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