History Events on June 18
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.
#Charles_Darwin
Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
#Vietnam_War
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
#Parliament_of_Ireland
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.
#Napoleonic_Wars
Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
#Roberto_Calvi
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
#William_Joyce
American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
#American_Revolutionary_War
Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
#Battle_of_Civitate
A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-85 UK miners' strike.
#Battle_of_Orgreave
Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
#Empress_Dowager_Cixi
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
#Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
#Franklin_Institute
A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
#United_States_Air_Force
The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
#The_Troubles
The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
#Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
#Carlos_Castillo_Armas
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.
#Canterbury
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.
#France_in_the_Middle_Ages
The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
#James_Madison
Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
#Ali
Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
#Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang
Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
#Susan_B._Anthony
Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
#Appeal_of_18_June
Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
#Checker_Taxi
Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
#Columbia_Records
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
#Kazakhstan
Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
#Space_Shuttle_program
First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
#Aletschhorn
The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
#Egyptian_revolution_of_1952
Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
#British_European_Airways_Flight_548
Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
#Charles_I_of_England
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
#Ram_Manohar_Lohia
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
#Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Byzantine-Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
#Siege_of_Constantinople_(860)
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.
#Battle_of_Kolín
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
#2018_Osaka_earthquake
Constantine Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios, killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.
#Constantine_Kanaris