What happened on June 18? There are more than 270 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About June 18
June 18 is the 170th day of the year 2024. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 25th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Conroe, Texas 77301 sunrise will occur at 06:18 AM and sunset will occur at 08:27 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Gemini. The modern birthstone for this month is Pearl while the mystical birthstone is Moonstone.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 225 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For June 18
- 618Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
- 1178Five 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.
- 1264The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
- 1429French 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.
- 1684The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
- 1757Battle 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.
- 1767Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1778American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1812War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
- 1815Napoleonic 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.
- 1830French invasion of Algeria
- 1858Charles 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.
- 1859First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- 1873Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1887The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- 1900Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1908Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- 1908The University of the Philippines is established.
- 1923Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1928Aviator 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).
- 1930Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
- 1935Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
- 1940“Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
- 1940Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
- 1945William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
- 1946Dr. 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.
- 1953A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129.
- 1953The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
- 1954Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1965Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
- 1972Staines air disaster – 118 are killed when a plane crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1979SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1983Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
- 1983Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1984A 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.
- 1994The Troubles: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) open fire inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, killing six civilians and wounding five.
- 1996Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
- 2006The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
- 2009The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
Who Were Born On June 18?
- 1269Princess Eleanor of England (d. 1298)
- 1318Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
- 1466Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
- 1511Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
- 1517Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
- 1552Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)
- 1667Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
- 1673Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer of zarzuelas (d. 1747)
- 1716Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809)
- 1757Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine political leader (d. 1833)
- 1757Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
- 1812Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
- 1815Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
- 1834Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1839William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (d. 1920)
- 1845Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1922)
- 1850Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and music critic (d. 1914)
- 1854E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926)
- 1857Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. (d. 1930)
- 1863George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)
- 1868Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
- 1870Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1954)
- 1877James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960)
- 1882Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (d. 1949)
- 1884Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970)
- 1886Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)
- 1886George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
- 1891Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)
- 1895Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1895Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian (d. 2009)
- 1901Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1903Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
- 1903Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
- 1904Keye Luke, Chinese-born American actor (d. 1991)
- 1904Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
- 1907Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998)
- 1908Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969)
- 1908Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1908Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
- 1910Dick Foran, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1910Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1995)
- 1913Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (d. 1993)
- 1913Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
- 1914E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1915Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
- 1916Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005)
- 1917Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
- 1917Erik Ortvad, Danish artist (d. 2008)
- 1917Jack Karnehm, English snooker commentator (d. 2002)
- 1917Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1918Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
- 1918Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1920Ian Carmichael, English actor (d. 2010)
- 1922Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
- 1924George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
- 1926Allan Sandage, American astronomer (d. 2010)
- 1926Tom Wicker, American journalist (d. 2011)
- 1927Eva Bartok, Hungarian/British actress (d. 1998)
- 1927Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1928David T. Lykken, American scientist (d. 2006)
- 1929Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
- 1931Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil
- 1932Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1932Geoffrey Hill, English poet
- 1934Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2004)
- 1935Hugh McColl, American banker
- 1936Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
- 1936Ronald Venetiaan, President of Suriname
- 1937Del Harris, American basketball head coach
- 1937John D. Rockefeller IV, American politician
- 1937Vitaly Zholobov, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1937Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1938Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer
- 1939Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
- 1939Jean-Claude Germain, French Canadian author, journalist and historian
- 1939Lou Brock, American baseball player
- 1940Michael Sheard, British actor (d. 2005)
- 1941Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter
- 1942Carl Radle, American tour and session bass guitarist (d. 1980)
- 1942Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
- 1942Nick Tate, Australian actor
- 1942Paul McCartney, British singer, songwriter and musician (The Beatles, Wings)
- 1942Roger Ebert, American film reviewer
- 1942Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
- 1943Raffaella Carrà, Italian TV presenter
- 1944Sandy Posey, American singer
- 1946Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1946Fabio Capello, Italian football coach
- 1946Russell Ash, British author
- 1947Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
- 1948Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano
- 1949Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
- 1949Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish politician
- 1949Lech Kaczyński, Polish politician (d. 2010)
- 1949Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
- 1950Jackie Leven, Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1950Mike Johanns, American politician
- 1952Carol Kane, American actress
- 1952Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- 1952Lee Soo Man South Korean entertainment executive
- 1953Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004)
- 1956Brian Benben, American actor
- 1957Andrea Evans, American actress
- 1957Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish football manager
- 1958Peter Altmaier, German politician
- 1960Ralph Brown, British actor
- 1960Steve Murphy, Canadian news anchor
- 1961Alison Moyet, English pop singer
- 1961Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1962Jeff Mills, American techno DJ and producer
- 1962Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1963Bruce Smith, American football player
- 1963Dizzy Reed, American keyboardist (Guns N' Roses)
- 1964Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
- 1965Kim Dickens, American actress and model
- 1966Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
- 1969Christopher Largen, American author
- 1969Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian guitarist and keyboardist (Turbonegro)
- 1969Vito LoGrasso, American professional wrestler
- 1970Greg Yaitanes, American television and film director
- 1970Robin Christopher, American actress
- 1971Jason McAteer, English-born Irish footballer
- 1972Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model
- 1972Wikus du Toit, South African actor
- 1973Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
- 1973Eddie Cibrian, American actor
- 1973Julie Depardieu, French actress
- 1973Ray Lamontagne, American singer-songwriter
- 1974Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
- 1975Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer
- 1975Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer
- 1975Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter
- 1975Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
- 1975Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976Alana de la Garza, American actress
- 1976Blake Shelton, American country singer
- 1976Witte Wartena, Dutch artist
- 1978Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
- 1979Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- 1980Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
- 1980Antonio Gates, American football player
- 1980Colin Munroe, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1980Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner
- 1980Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
- 1980Tara Platt, American actress
- 1981Ella Chen, Taiwanese Mandopop singer (S.H.E)
- 1981Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
- 1982Nadir Belhadj, French-born Algerian footballer
- 1983Billy Slater, Australian NRL player
- 1983Cameron Smith, Australian NRL player
- 1984Janne Happonen, Finnish skijumper
- 1984Kissy Sell Out, UK Record Producer and DJ
- 1984Mateus Galiano da Costa, Angolan footballer
- 1986Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- 1988Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
- 1990Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990Sandra Izbaşa, Romanian gymnast
- 1991Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
- 1991Willa Holland, American actress
- 1996Jade-Lianna Peters, Chinese-born naturalized American television voice actress
- 1997Max Records, American Actor
- 2006Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, Dutch royal
Who Died On June 18?
- 1234Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
- 1291King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
- 1464Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399 or 1400)
- 1588Robert Crowley, English printer and poet (b. c. 1517)
- 1629Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (b. 1577)
- 1650Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer (b. 1573 or 1575)
- 1673Jeanne Mance, French settler of New France, founder of Montreal and of Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first hospital in North America (b. 1606)
- 1704Tom Brown, English satirist (b. 1662)
- 1726Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
- 1742John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670)
- 1749Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
- 1772Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born Austrian physician (b. 1700)
- 1772Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1706)
- 1788Adam Gib, Scottish religious figure (b. 1714)
- 1794François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary figure (b. 1760)
- 1794James Murray, British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)
- 1815Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
- 1815Thomas Picton, British general (b. 1758)
- 1833Robert Hett Chapman, American religious figure and educator (b. 1771)
- 1835William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
- 1866Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
- 1902Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835)
- 1915Eufemio Zapata, brother of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873)
- 1916Max Immelmann, German flying ace (b. 1890)
- 1917Titu Maiorescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
- 1922Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851)
- 1928Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
- 1936Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
- 1937Gaston Doumergue, French statesman (b. 1863)
- 1942Arthur Pryor, American trombonist and bandleader (b. 1870)
- 1943Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer and resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- 1947Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
- 1959Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
- 1963Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912)
- 1967Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (b. 1942)
- 1967Giacomo “Geki” Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
- 1971Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
- 1971Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1973Roger Delgado, British actor (b. 1918)
- 1974Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
- 1974Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (b. 1896)
- 1975Hugo Bergmann, Czech-born German and Israeli Jewish philosopher (b. 1883)
- 1978Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
- 1980André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1980Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
- 1982Curd Jürgens, German actor (b. 1915)
- 1982John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
- 1984Alan Berg, American radio talk show host (b. 1934)
- 1985Paul Colin, French poster designer (b. 1892)
- 1986Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (b. 1921)
- 1989I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
- 1992Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (b. 1896)
- 1992Peter Allen, Australian singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1997Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
- 2000Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
- 2002Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924)
- 2003Ernest Martin, American convicted murderer (b. 1960)
- 2003Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923)
- 2005Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
- 2005Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
- 2006Vincent Sherman, American film director (b. 1906)
- 2007Bernard Manning, British comedian (b. 1930)
- 2007Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
- 2008Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
- 2008Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
- 2008Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915)
- 2010José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
- 2010Trent Acid, American professional wrestler (b.1980)
- 2011Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)
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