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History Events on June 18


Charles Darwin
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
Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.

#Vietnam_War

Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.

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Napoleonic Wars
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

Roberto Calvi
Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.

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William Joyce
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.

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American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.

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Battle of Civitate
Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.

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Battle of Orgreave
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.

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Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.

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Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.

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Franklin Institute
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.

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United States Air Force
A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.

#United_States_Air_Force

The Troubles
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

Massachusetts Bay Colony
The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.

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Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.

#Carlos_Castillo_Armas

Canterbury
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

France in the Middle Ages
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

James Madison
The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.

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Ali
Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.

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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

#Susan_B._Anthony

Appeal of 18 June
Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.

#Appeal_of_18_June

Checker Taxi
Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.

#Checker_Taxi

Columbia Records
Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

#Columbia_Records

Kazakhstan
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.

#Kazakhstan

Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

#Space_Shuttle_program

Aletschhorn
First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.

#Aletschhorn

Egyptian revolution of 1952
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

British European Airways Flight 548
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.

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Charles I of England
Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

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Ram Manohar Lohia
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.

#Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

Siege of Constantinople (860)
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
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

2018 Osaka earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.

#2018_Osaka_earthquake

Constantine Kanaris
Constantine Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios, killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.

#Constantine_Kanaris

The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
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).
The University of the Philippines is established.
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
Lakshmibai (19 November 1828 - 18 June 1858), the queen of the princely state of Jhansi, currently in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh, India, is known to have tied her adopted son (Damodar Rao) to her back while fighting against British in India with swords at battle ground Kotah-ki-Serai near the Phool Bagh of Gwalior reporting slaughtering 5,000 Indian soldiers, including any Indian "over the age of 16".
Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith.
A draft Byzantine-Venetian treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, but is not ratified by Doge Reniero Zeno.