June 18 in History

Historical Events on June 18

656 Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate

1778 American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.

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.

1830 French invasion of Algeria.

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.

1873 Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

1965 Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.

1994 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.

2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.

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Famous Birthdays on June 18

1942 Thabo Mbeki

1942 Paul McCartney

1976 Blake Shelton

1983 Billy Slater

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Famous Deaths on June 18

1936 Maxim Gorky

1974 Georgy Zhukov

1989 I. F. Stone

2003 Larry Doby

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