History of June 18
On June 18 the following events have occured in our world's history.
1178 - Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
1778 - British Redcoats evacuate Phila
1812 - War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1815 - Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blcher
1872 - Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
1873 - Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
1892 - Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1898 - Amusement pier opens - Atlantic City - NJ
1916 - Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
1928 - Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to cross Atlantic
1934 - US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
1940 - Winston Churchill urged perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
1945 - William Joyce-Lord Haw-Haw Brit radio traitor charged with treason
1953 - Egypt proclaimed a republic
1953 - Eugene Stephens gets 3 hits as Red Sox score 17 runs in 7th inning
1959 - 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
1972 - 118 die in crash of British European Airways jet
1975 - Saudi Prince Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
1977 - Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
1977 - Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time - It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
1979 - Billy Martin replaces Bob Lemon as Yank manager (2nd time)
1981 - Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor 1st woman on high court)
1982 - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
1983 - 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
1986 - 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon