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What happend on 18. June in History
In our data base we found 322 events happened on 18. June:
• 618: Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China. [category: Events]
• 741: Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 685) [category: Deaths]
• 1053: Battle of Civitate: 3,000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1234: Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218) [category: Deaths]
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• 1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature. [category: Events]
• 1269: Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298) [category: Births]
• 1291: Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265) [category: Deaths]
• 1318: Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1464: Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400) [category: Deaths]
• 1466: Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539) [category: Births]
• 1511: Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (d. 1592) [category: Births]
• 1517: Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593) [category: Births]
• 1588: Robert Crowley, English printer and poet (b. c. 1517) [category: Deaths]
• 1629: Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
• 1633: Charles I, is crowned King of Scots at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh [category: Events]
• 1650: Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
• 1667: Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750) [category: Births]
• 1673: Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer (d. 1747) [category: Births]
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• 1673: Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founder of Montreal and Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
• 1677: Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726) [category: Births]
• 1684: The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court. [category: Events]
• 1704: Tom Brown, English writer (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1726: Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1742: John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1757: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1757: Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1767: Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island. [category: Events]
• 1769: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1772: Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1772: Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1788: Adam Gib, Scottish religious figure (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: François Buzot, French politician (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: James Murray, English military officer and administrator (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1812: War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1815: Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1815: Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Thomas Picton, English general (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1830: French invasion of Algeria. [category: Events]
• 1833: Robert Hett Chapman, American minister and missionary (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1835: William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: William H. Seward, Jr., American general (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1845: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1850: Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1854: E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1857: Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1859: First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps. [category: Events]
• 1863: George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1866: Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1870: Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. [category: Events]
• 1877: James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1881: Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1882: Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1884: Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1886: Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1886: George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1887: The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed. [category: Events]
• 1891: Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1895: Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1895: Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1900: Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families. [category: Events]
• 1901: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1902: Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1903: Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1904: Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1904: Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1905: Carmine Crocco, Italian brigand (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1908: Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1908: Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1908: Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1908: Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru. [category: Events]
• 1908: The University of the Philippines is established. [category: Events]
• 1910: Dick Foran, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1910: Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1913: Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1913: Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1913: Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1915: Eufemio Zapata, Mexican brother of Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Max Immelmann, German flying ace (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1917: Erik Ortvad, Danish painter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jack Karnehm, English sportscaster (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1917: Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1918: Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1920: Ian Carmichael, English actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Matthew Ianniello, American mobster (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. [category: Events]
• 1924: George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Robert Beadell, American composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1926: Allan Sandage, American astronomer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Tom Wicker, American journalist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Eva Bartok, Hungarian-Englishh actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1927: Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1928: David T. Lykken, American scientist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1929: Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher [category: Births]
• 1930: Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held. [category: Events]
• 1931: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian politician, 34th President of Brazil [category: Births]
• 1931: K. S. Sudarshan, Indian nationalist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1932: Geoffrey Hill, English poet [category: Births]
• 1934: Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese artist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1935: Hugh McColl, American banker [category: Births]
• 1935: Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests. [category: Events]
• 1936: Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1936: Denny Hulme, New Zealand Formula One World Champion (1967), (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1936: Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, President of Suriname [category: Births]
• 1936: Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Del Harris, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1937: Jay Rockefeller, American politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Vitaly Zholobov, Soviet astronaut [category: Births]
• 1937: Wray Carlton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1937: Gaston Doumergue, French statesman (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Eddie Jones, American football executive (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1938: Kevin Murray, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1939: Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Jean-Claude Germain, French-Canadian author, journalist, and historian [category: Births]
• 1939: Lou Brock, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Michael Sheard, English actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1940: Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle. [category: Events]
• 1940: Finest Hour speech by Winston Churchill. [category: Events]
• 1941: Delia Smith, English chef [category: Births]
• 1942: Carl Radle, American musician and producer (Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1942: Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1942: Nick Tate, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, and The Fireman) [category: Births]
• 1942: Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa [category: Births]
• 1942: Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Sandy Posey, American singer [category: Births]
• 1945: William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II. [category: Events]
• 1946: Bruiser Brody, American wrestler (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1946: Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1946: Russell Ash, English author [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1947: Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Linda Thorson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1948: Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano [category: Births]
• 1949: Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1949: Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland [category: Births]
• 1949: Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1949: Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician (The Tartans) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1950: Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Mike Johanns, American politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture [category: Births]
• 1951: Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Carol Kane, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Lee Soo-man South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment [category: Births]
• 1953: Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1953: A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129. [category: Events]
• 1953: The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1954: Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France. [category: Events]
• 1956: Brian Benben, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Andrea Evans, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1958: Peter Altmaier, German politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Ralph Brown, English actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1961: Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter (Yazoo and The Vandals) [category: Births]
• 1961: Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Stryper, SinDizzy, and Bloodgood) [category: Births]
• 1962: Jeff Mills, American DJ and producer (Underground Resistance) [category: Births]
• 1962: Lisa Randall, American theoretical physicist [category: Births]
• 1962: Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1963: Bruce Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1963: Dizzy Reed, American musician, composer, and actor (Guns N' Roses and Johnny Crash) [category: Births]
• 1963: Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1965: Kim Dickens, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1965: Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1966: Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1967: Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Christopher Largen, American author [category: Births]
• 1969: Haki Doku, Albanian para-cyclist [category: Births]
• 1969: Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) [category: Births]
• 1969: Vito LoGrasso, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Greg Yaitanes, American director [category: Births]
• 1970: Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Robin Christopher, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mara Hobel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model [category: Births]
• 1972: Wikus du Toit, South African actor, director, and composer [category: Births]
• 1972: Staines air disaster – 118 are killed when a plane crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport. [category: Events]
• 1973: Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower [category: Births]
• 1973: Julie Depardieu, French actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1973: Roger Delgado, English actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Georgy Zhukov, Soviet soldier, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer and educator (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1975: Marie Gillain, Belgian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Alana de la Garza, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1976: Witte Wartena, Dutch artist [category: Births]
• 1977: Majed Moqed, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1978: Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1979: SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1980: Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Antonio Gates, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Colin Munroe, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1980: Craig Mottram, Australian runner [category: Births]
• 1980: David Giuntoli, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Tara Platt, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Terence Fisher, English director (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E) [category: Births]
• 1981: Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1982: Marco Borriello, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Curd Jürgens, German actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: John Cheever, American author (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Billy Slater, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Cameron Smith, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Macklemore, American rapper [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1983: Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. [category: Events]
• 1984: Janne Happonen, Finnish ski jumper [category: Births]
• 1984: Kissy Sell Out, English DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Mateus Galiano da Costa, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Nanyak Dala, Canadian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Alan Berg, American radio host (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1985: Gia Johnson, English model [category: Births]
• 1985: Paul Colin, French artist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Richard Gasquet, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American writer and journalist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Omar Arellano, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Christian Taylor, American jumper [category: Births]
• 1990: Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Sandra Izbaşa, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1991: Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Willa Holland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: The Troubles: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) open fire inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, killing six civilians and wounding five. [category: Events]
• 1996: Jade-Lianna Peters, Chinese-American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1996: Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts. [category: Events]
• 1997: Max Records, American actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jack Buck, American sportscaster (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ernest Martin, American murderer (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg [category: Births]
• 2006: Vincent Sherman, American director (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched. [category: Events]
• 2007: Bernard Manning, English comedian (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Georges Thurston, Canadian singer, composer, and author (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina killing nine firefighters. [category: Events]
• 2008: Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. [category: Events]
• 2010: José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Trent Acid, American wrestler (b.1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (E Street Band) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Yelena Bonner, Russian activist, wife of Andrei Sakharov (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Brian Hibbard, Welsh actor and singer (The Flying Pickets) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Horacio Coppola, Argentine photographer and filmmaker (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jim Packard, American radio host and producer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lina Haag, German activist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Salem Ali Qatan, Yemeni military officer [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (b. 1989) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Van Regenmorter, American politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is appointed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. [category: Events]
• _: Autistic Pride Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elizabeth of Schönau [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Evacuation Day (Egypt) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Foundation Day (Benguet) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Seychelles) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Waterloo Day (United Kingdom) [category: Holidays and observances]