A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on June 18 throughout history.
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Coronation of Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China
1812 (MDCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1812th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD)...
Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon Bonaparte and France are defeated by British forces under the Duke of Wellington and Prussian troops under Field Marshal von Blücher
American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (as a passenger), landing at Burry Port, Wales
Winston Churchill gives his "This was their finest hour" speech to the House of Commons, urging perseverance in the war after the Dunkirk evacuation and the fall of France
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates.
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
All Black Jonah Lomu scores the try of the Rugby World Cup, running over Mike Catt in New Zealand's 45-29 defeat of England
Dutch prince Willem Alexander (later William III) weds cousin Princess Sophia
Norwegian modernist playwright "The Doll's House" Henrik Ibsen (30) marries Suzannah Thoresen (21) in Oslo
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (24) weds fellow activist and singer Coretta Scott (26) on the lawn of her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama; ceremony officiated by his father
Aviator Howard Hughes divorces 2nd wife Jean Peters after 14 years of marriage
American "Saved by the Bell" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (36) divorces former model Lisa Ann Russell (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage
"The L Word" actress Laurel Holloman (41) divorces architect Paul Macherey (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage
The siege of Constantinople in 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' recorded in Byzantine and western European sources.
Five monks at Canterbury report something exploding on the moon shortly after sunset (only known observation) [1]
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature
Peace of Fexhe signed by Prince-Bishop Adolph II of Mark, limiting his powers
Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
Richard Martin of London takes out the first life insurance policy, on William Gibbons; the premium is £383
The Treaty of Berwick (also known as the Peace of Berwick or the Pacification of Berwick) was an agreement between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, signed on 18 June 1639, which...
The Battle of Chalgrove Field took place on 18 June 1643, during the First English Civil War, near Chalgrove, Oxfordshire.
The Battle of Breslau (also known as the Battle on the Lohe) was fought on 22 November 1757 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).
Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti; considered the first European to reach the island
The British Army during the American Revolutionary War served for eight years of armed conflict, fought in eastern North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere from April 19, 1775 until the treaty...
French fleet occupies St Vincent, West Indies
Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
Spain has proclaimed a number of Constitutions. The current Constitution of Spain of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The idea of a national constitution for Spain...
After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
W. H. Richardson, an African-American inventor, patents the children's carriage (Patent no. 405599)
The Reinsurance Treaty was a diplomatic agreement between the German Empire and the Russian Empire that was in effect from 1887 to 1890.
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
The Steel Pier is a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) amusement park built on a pier of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, across from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (formerly the Trump...
Russian police open fire on a workers' rights demonstration in Łódź, Congress Poland, killing 10, and leading to an armed insurrection against the occupying forces
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship
Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879 – May 20, 1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States.
Detroit Tigers trail Chicago White Sox, 13-1 at Bennett Park, Detroit; recover to win, 16-15 for the biggest comeback in Major League Baseball history
Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute science museum held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
First bicycle traffic court in America established in Racine, Wisconsin
Bernard W. Robinson, becomes 1st African American ensign in US Navy
SS Police in Amsterdam sentence 12 resistance fighters to death for the fire-bombing at the census records bureau in March
Farewell concert of conductor Willem Mengelberg in Paris, France
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
The 1947 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–81, 21 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Library Bill of Rights is the American Library Association's statement expressing the rights of library users to intellectual freedom and the expectations the association places on libraries to...
Cleveland Indians score an American League record 14 runs in 1st inning; beat Philadelphia A's, 21-2 at Cleveland Stadium
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and...
Monarchy of Egypt formally abolished after the 1952 revolution and proclaimed the Republic of Eqypt; Army General Muhammad Naguib becomes 1st president
Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955.
First telecast transmitted from England to the US
San Francisco Giants hire Tom Sheehan to replace Bill Rigney; baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) goes 46-50-2 for remainder of season
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.
3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school to protest de facto segregation
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing
Social Democratic and Labour Party and Nationalist Members of Parliament refuse to attend the state opening of Stormont (North Ireland Parliament)
BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
The Democratic Party (DP; Luxembourgish: Demokratesch Partei, French: Parti démocratique, German: Demokratische Partei) is the major social-liberal political party in Luxembourg.
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for £340,000
MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook are beaten by a group of rabble-rousers outside a London pub
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.
IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
Charles Glass is an American-British author, journalist, broadcaster and publisher specializing in the Middle East, the First World War and the Second World War. He was ABC News chief Middle East...
Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft pick
Expo's Dennis Martínez is 92nd MLB pitcher to win 200 games
Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
Memorial service for Elizabeth Montgomery is held at the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched
15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq
27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
British actor Ian McKellen is awarded an honorary degree by Cambridge University, becoming a Doctor of Letters
Eighteen vigilantes are killed and fifty-three are injured after an accidental detonation of an explosive device in Monguno, Nigeria
Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days
Ferry sinks on Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, with 193 suspected dead
Chennai, also known as Madras (its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Ohio on March 9, 2020, when the state's first cases were reported.
Jurist and conservative Ebrahim Raisi elected President of Iran on a low turn out
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
New Zealand halts millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands after the Cook Islands make deals with China involving infrastructure, tourism, and technology [1]
Édouard Daladier is born
Anastasia Nikolaevna, Russian daughter of nicholas ii, known for daughter of nicholas ii, was born on 1901-06-18.
Dudley Herschbach, American chemist, known for american chemist, was born on 1933-06-18. Dudley Robert Herschbach is an American chemist at Harvard University.
Thabo Mbeki is born
Isabella Rossellini, American italian-american actress, known for italian-american actress, was born on 1953-06-18.
Blake Shelton, American country singer, known for american country singer, was born on 1977-06-18. Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country singer, songwriter, and television personality.
Richard Madden, Scottish actor, known for scottish actor, was born on 1987-06-18. Richard Madden is a Scottish actor. He was cast in his first role at age 11 and made his screen acting debut in 2000.
Paul McCartney, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1943-06-18. Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician.
Lou Brock, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1939-06-18. Louis Clark Brock (June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020) was an American professional baseball left fielder.
Kurt Browning is born
Piet Heyn, Dutch admiral, known for dutch admiral, died on 1629-06-18. Piet Pieterszoon Hein (25 November 1577 – 18 June 1629) was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the…
Jeanne Mance dies
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer, known for norwegian polar explorer, died on 1928-06-18. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.
Ethel Barrymore, American actress, known for american actress, died on 1959-06-18. Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.
Georgy Zhukov soviet military leader, known for soviet military leader, died on 1974-06-18. Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December [O.S.
Coronation of Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China
The siege of Constantinople in 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' recorded in Byzantine and western European sources.
Five monks at Canterbury report something exploding on the moon shortly after sunset (only known observation) [1]
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature
Peace of Fexhe signed by Prince-Bishop Adolph II of Mark, limiting his powers
Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
Richard Martin of London takes out the first life insurance policy, on William Gibbons; the premium is £383
Piet Heyn, Dutch admiral, known for dutch admiral, died on 1629-06-18. Piet Pieterszoon Hein (25 November 1577 – 18 June 1629) was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the…
The Treaty of Berwick (also known as the Peace of Berwick or the Pacification of Berwick) was an agreement between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, signed on 18 June 1639, which...
The Battle of Chalgrove Field took place on 18 June 1643, during the First English Civil War, near Chalgrove, Oxfordshire.
Jeanne Mance dies
The Battle of Breslau (also known as the Battle on the Lohe) was fought on 22 November 1757 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War).
Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti; considered the first European to reach the island
The British Army during the American Revolutionary War served for eight years of armed conflict, fought in eastern North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere from April 19, 1775 until the treaty...
French fleet occupies St Vincent, West Indies
1812 (MDCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1812th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD)...
Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon Bonaparte and France are defeated by British forces under the Duke of Wellington and Prussian troops under Field Marshal von Blücher
Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
Spain has proclaimed a number of Constitutions. The current Constitution of Spain of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The idea of a national constitution for Spain...
Dutch prince Willem Alexander (later William III) weds cousin Princess Sophia
Norwegian modernist playwright "The Doll's House" Henrik Ibsen (30) marries Suzannah Thoresen (21) in Oslo
After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
W. H. Richardson, an African-American inventor, patents the children's carriage (Patent no. 405599)
Édouard Daladier is born
The Reinsurance Treaty was a diplomatic agreement between the German Empire and the Russian Empire that was in effect from 1887 to 1890.
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
The Steel Pier is a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) amusement park built on a pier of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, across from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (formerly the Trump...
Anastasia Nikolaevna, Russian daughter of nicholas ii, known for daughter of nicholas ii, was born on 1901-06-18.
Russian police open fire on a workers' rights demonstration in Łódź, Congress Poland, killing 10, and leading to an armed insurrection against the occupying forces
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship
Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879 – May 20, 1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States.
Detroit Tigers trail Chicago White Sox, 13-1 at Bennett Park, Detroit; recover to win, 16-15 for the biggest comeback in Major League Baseball history
Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (as a passenger), landing at Burry Port, Wales
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer, known for norwegian polar explorer, died on 1928-06-18. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute science museum held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dudley Herschbach, American chemist, known for american chemist, was born on 1933-06-18. Dudley Robert Herschbach is an American chemist at Harvard University.
US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
First bicycle traffic court in America established in Racine, Wisconsin
Lou Brock, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1939-06-18. Louis Clark Brock (June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020) was an American professional baseball left fielder.
Winston Churchill gives his "This was their finest hour" speech to the House of Commons, urging perseverance in the war after the Dunkirk evacuation and the fall of France
Bernard W. Robinson, becomes 1st African American ensign in US Navy
SS Police in Amsterdam sentence 12 resistance fighters to death for the fire-bombing at the census records bureau in March
Thabo Mbeki is born
Paul McCartney, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1943-06-18. Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician.
Farewell concert of conductor Willem Mengelberg in Paris, France
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
The 1947 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–81, 21 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Library Bill of Rights is the American Library Association's statement expressing the rights of library users to intellectual freedom and the expectations the association places on libraries to...
Cleveland Indians score an American League record 14 runs in 1st inning; beat Philadelphia A's, 21-2 at Cleveland Stadium
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and...
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (24) weds fellow activist and singer Coretta Scott (26) on the lawn of her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama; ceremony officiated by his father
Monarchy of Egypt formally abolished after the 1952 revolution and proclaimed the Republic of Eqypt; Army General Muhammad Naguib becomes 1st president
Isabella Rossellini, American italian-american actress, known for italian-american actress, was born on 1953-06-18.
Pierre Isaac Isidore Mendès France was a French politician who served as prime minister of France for eight months from 1954 to 1955.
First telecast transmitted from England to the US
Ethel Barrymore, American actress, known for american actress, died on 1959-06-18. Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.
San Francisco Giants hire Tom Sheehan to replace Bill Rigney; baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) goes 46-50-2 for remainder of season
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.
3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school to protest de facto segregation
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Kurt Browning is born
Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates.
Aviator Howard Hughes divorces 2nd wife Jean Peters after 14 years of marriage
Social Democratic and Labour Party and Nationalist Members of Parliament refuse to attend the state opening of Stormont (North Ireland Parliament)
BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
The Democratic Party (DP; Luxembourgish: Demokratesch Partei, French: Parti démocratique, German: Demokratische Partei) is the major social-liberal political party in Luxembourg.
Georgy Zhukov soviet military leader, known for soviet military leader, died on 1974-06-18. Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December [O.S.
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for £340,000
MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook are beaten by a group of rabble-rousers outside a London pub
Blake Shelton, American country singer, known for american country singer, was born on 1977-06-18. Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country singer, songwriter, and television personality.
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.
IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
Charles Glass is an American-British author, journalist, broadcaster and publisher specializing in the Middle East, the First World War and the Second World War. He was ABC News chief Middle East...
Richard Madden, Scottish actor, known for scottish actor, was born on 1987-06-18. Richard Madden is a Scottish actor. He was cast in his first role at age 11 and made his screen acting debut in 2000.
Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft pick
Expo's Dennis Martínez is 92nd MLB pitcher to win 200 games
Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
All Black Jonah Lomu scores the try of the Rugby World Cup, running over Mike Catt in New Zealand's 45-29 defeat of England
Memorial service for Elizabeth Montgomery is held at the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched
American "Saved by the Bell" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar (36) divorces former model Lisa Ann Russell (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage
"The L Word" actress Laurel Holloman (41) divorces architect Paul Macherey (44) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 years of marriage
15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq
27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
British actor Ian McKellen is awarded an honorary degree by Cambridge University, becoming a Doctor of Letters
Eighteen vigilantes are killed and fifty-three are injured after an accidental detonation of an explosive device in Monguno, Nigeria
Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days
Ferry sinks on Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, with 193 suspected dead
Chennai, also known as Madras (its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Ohio on March 9, 2020, when the state's first cases were reported.
Jurist and conservative Ebrahim Raisi elected President of Iran on a low turn out
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
New Zealand halts millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands after the Cook Islands make deals with China involving infrastructure, tourism, and technology [1]