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June 18th, 2008 (June 18 2008) | Death | Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (born in 1908) | |
June 18th, 2008 (June 18 2008) | Death | Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (born in 1915) | |
June 18th, 2007 (June 18 2007) | Death | Bernard Manning, British comedian (born in 1930) | |
June 18th, 2007 (June 18 2007) | Death | Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (born in 1951) | |
June 18th, 2006 (June 18 2006) | Event | The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched. | |
June 18th, 2006 (June 18 2006) | Birth | Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg | |
June 18th, 2006 (June 18 2006) | Death | Vincent Sherman, American film director (born in 1906) | |
June 18th, 2005 (June 18 2005) | Death | Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (born in 1914) | |
June 18th, 2005 (June 18 2005) | Death | Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (born in 1914) | |
June 18th, 2003 (June 18 2003) | Death | Larry Doby, American baseball player (born in 1923) | |
June 18th, 2002 (June 18 2002) | Death | Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (born in 1924) | |
June 18th, 2001 (June 18 2001) | Event | Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India. | |
June 18th, 2000 (June 18 2000) | Death | Nancy Marchand, American actress (born in 1928) | |
June 18th, 1997 (June 18 1997) | Death | Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (born in 1912) | |
June 18th, 1996 (June 18 1996) | Event | Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts. | |
June 18th, 1992 (June 18 1992) | Death | Mordecai Ardon, one of Israel s greatest painters (born in 1896) | |
June 18th, 1992 (June 18 1992) | Death | Peter Allen, Australian singer and songwriter (born in 1944) | |
June 18th, 1991 (June 18 1991) | Birth | Willa Holland, American actress | |
June 18th, 1989 (June 18 1989) | Birth | Renee Olstead, American singer and actress | |
June 18th, 1989 (June 18 1989) | Death | I. F. Stone, American journalist (born in 1907) | I. F. Stone Quotes |
June 18th, 1986 (June 18 1986) | Birth | Richard Gasquet, French tennis player | |
June 18th, 1986 (June 18 1986) | Death | Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. (born in 1921) | F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes |
June 18th, 1985 (June 18 1985) | Death | Paul Colin, French poster designer (born in 1892) | |
June 18th, 1984 (June 18 1984) | Event | A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 miners strike. The incident later becomes known as the Battle of Orgreave. | |
June 18th, 1984 (June 18 1984) | Birth | Mateus, Angolan footballer | |
June 18th, 1984 (June 18 1984) | Birth | Janne Happonen, Finnish skijumper | |
June 18th, 1984 (June 18 1984) | Death | Alan Berg, American radio talk show host | |
June 18th, 1983 (June 18 1983) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. | |
June 18th, 1982 (June 18 1982) | Birth | Sean Conant, Irish-American artist | |
June 18th, 1982 (June 18 1982) | Death | John Cheever, American author (born in 1912) | John Cheever Quotes |
June 18th, 1982 (June 18 1982) | Death | Curd Jurgens, German actor (born in 1915) | |
June 18th, 1981 (June 18 1981) | Event | The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California. | |
June 18th, 1981 (June 18 1981) | Birth | Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (died in 1987) | |
June 18th, 1981 (June 18 1981) | Birth | Ella (Jiahua) Chen, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E | |
June 18th, 1980 (June 18 1980) | Birth | Antonio Gates, American football player | |
June 18th, 1980 (June 18 1980) | Birth | Tara Platt, American actress | |
June 18th, 1980 (June 18 1980) | Birth | Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter | |
June 18th, 1980 (June 18 1980) | Birth | Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner | |
June 18th, 1980 (June 18 1980) | Death | Andre Leducq, French cyclist (born in 1904) | |
June 18th, 1980 (June 18 1980) | Death | Terence Fisher, English film director (born in 1904) | |
June 18th, 1979 (June 18 1979) | Event | SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. | |
June 18th, 1978 (June 18 1978) | Birth | Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player | An Wang Quotes |
June 18th, 1976 (June 18 1976) | Birth | Alana de la Garza, American actress | |
June 18th, 1976 (June 18 1976) | Birth | Witte Wartena, Dutch artist | |
June 18th, 1976 (June 18 1976) | Birth | Blake Shelton, American Country Singer | |
June 18th, 1975 (June 18 1975) | Birth | Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player | |
June 18th, 1975 (June 18 1975) | Birth | Aleksandrs Kolinko, Latvian footballer | |
June 18th, 1975 (June 18 1975) | Birth | Marie Gillain, Belgian actress | |
June 18th, 1975 (June 18 1975) | Birth | Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter | |
June 18th, 1975 (June 18 1975) | Birth | Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer | |
June 18th, 1974 (June 18 1974) | Birth | Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer | |
June 18th, 1974 (June 18 1974) | Death | Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born in 1896) | Georgy Zhukov Quotes |
June 18th, 1974 (June 18 1974) | Death | Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (born in 1896) | |
June 18th, 1973 (June 18 1973) | Birth | Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower | |
June 18th, 1973 (June 18 1973) | Birth | Eddie Cibrian, American actor | |
June 18th, 1973 (June 18 1973) | Birth | Julie Depardieu, French actress | |
June 18th, 1973 (June 18 1973) | Death | Roger Delgado, British actor (born in 1918) | |
June 18th, 1972 (June 18 1972) | Birth | Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model. | |
June 18th, 1971 (June 18 1971) | Birth | Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) | |
June 18th, 1971 (June 18 1971) | Birth | Jason McAteer, England-born Irish footballer | |
June 18th, 1971 (June 18 1971) | Death | Thomas Gomez, American actor (born in 1905) | |
June 18th, 1971 (June 18 1971) | Death | Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1889) | |
June 18th, 1970 (June 18 1970) | Birth | Greg Yaitanes, American television and film director | |
June 18th, 1969 (June 18 1969) | Birth | Pal Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) | |
June 18th, 1969 (June 18 1969) | Birth | Vito LoGrasso, American professional wrestler | |
June 18th, 1969 (June 18 1969) | Birth | Christopher Largen, American author | |
June 18th, 1967 (June 18 1967) | Birth | Pasquale Bruno, Italian American entrepreneur | |
June 18th, 1967 (June 18 1967) | Death | Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (born in 1942) | |
June 18th, 1967 (June 18 1967) | Death | Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (born in 1937) | |
June 18th, 1966 (June 18 1966) | Birth | Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater | |
June 18th, 1965 (June 18 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam. | |
June 18th, 1965 (June 18 1965) | Birth | Kim Dickens, American actress and model | |
June 18th, 1964 (June 18 1964) | Birth | Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (died in 2003) | |
June 18th, 1963 (June 18 1963) | Birth | Bruce Smith, American football player | |
June 18th, 1963 (June 18 1963) | Birth | Dizzy Reed, aka Darren Arthur Reed keyboardist for (former) Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver | |
June 18th, 1963 (June 18 1963) | Death | Pedro Armendariz, Mexican actor (born in 1912) | |
June 18th, 1962 (June 18 1962) | Birth | Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler | |
June 18th, 1961 (June 18 1961) | Birth | Andres Galarraga, baseball player | |
June 18th, 1961 (June 18 1961) | Birth | Alison Moyet, English pop singer | |
June 18th, 1960 (June 18 1960) | Birth | Ralph Brown, British actor | |
June 18th, 1959 (June 18 1959) | Event | Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital s director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane. | Earl Long Quotes |
June 18th, 1959 (June 18 1959) | Death | Ethel Barrymore, American actress (born in 1879) | |
June 18th, 1957 (June 18 1957) | Birth | Miguel Angel Lotina, Spanish football manager | |
June 18th, 1956 (June 18 1956) | Birth | Brian Benben, American actor | |
June 18th, 1954 (June 18 1954) | Event | Pierre Mendes-France becomes Prime Minister of France. | |
June 18th, 1953 (June 18 1953) | Event | The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished. | |
June 18th, 1953 (June 18 1953) | Event | A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129. | |
June 18th, 1952 (June 18 1952) | Birth | Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress | |
June 18th, 1952 (June 18 1952) | Birth | Carol Kane, American actress | |
June 18th, 1950 (June 18 1950) | Birth | Jackie Leven aka Sir Vincent Lone Scottish singer and songwriter | |
June 18th, 1949 (June 18 1949) | Birth | Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator | |
June 18th, 1949 (June 18 1949) | Birth | Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (died in 1999) | |
June 18th, 1949 (June 18 1949) | Birth | Lech Kaczynski, Polish president, 2005-present | Lech Kaczynski Quotes |
June 18th, 1949 (June 18 1949) | Birth | Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish prime minister, twin brother of Lech Kaczynski | Lech Kaczynski Quotes |
June 18th, 1948 (June 18 1948) | Birth | Eva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano | |
June 18th, 1947 (June 18 1947) | Death | Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (born in 1898) | |
June 18th, 1946 (June 18 1946) | Event | 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. | |
June 18th, 1946 (June 18 1946) | Birth | Russell Ash, British author | |
June 18th, 1946 (June 18 1946) | Birth | Fabio Capello, Italian football coach | |
June 18th, 1946 (June 18 1946) | Birth | Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler (died in 1988) | |
June 18th, 1945 (June 18 1945) | Event | William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason. | |
June 18th, 1944 (June 18 1944) | Birth | Sandy Posey, American singer | |
June 18th, 1943 (June 18 1943) | Birth | Raffaella Carra, Italian singer | |
June 18th, 1942 (June 18 1942) | Birth | Roger Ebert, American film reviewer | Roger Ebert Quotes |
June 18th, 1942 (June 18 1942) | Birth | Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (The Beatles) | Paul McCartney Quotes |
June 18th, 1942 (June 18 1942) | Birth | Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (died in 2004) | |
June 18th, 1942 (June 18 1942) | Birth | Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa | |
June 18th, 1942 (June 18 1942) | Birth | Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (died in 1980) | |
June 18th, 1940 (June 18 1940) | Event | Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
June 18th, 1940 (June 18 1940) | Event | "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
June 18th, 1940 (June 18 1940) | Birth | Michael Sheard, British actor (died in 2005) | |
June 18th, 1939 (June 18 1939) | Birth | Lou Brock, American baseball player | |
June 18th, 1939 (June 18 1939) | Birth | Jean-Claude Germain, French Canadian author, journalist and historian | |
June 18th, 1938 (June 18 1938) | Birth | Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer | Al Murray Quotes |
June 18th, 1937 (June 18 1937) | Birth | Wray Carlton, American football player | |
June 18th, 1937 (June 18 1937) | Birth | John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator | John D. Rockefeller Quotes |
June 18th, 1937 (June 18 1937) | Birth | Vitali Zholobov, Soviet cosmonaut | |
June 18th, 1937 (June 18 1937) | Death | Gaston Doumergue, French statesman (born in 1863) | |
June 18th, 1936 (June 18 1936) | Birth | Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (died in 1992) | |
June 18th, 1936 (June 18 1936) | Death | Maxim Gorky, Russian author (born in 1868) | Maxim Gorky Quotes |
June 18th, 1935 (June 18 1935) | Birth | Hugh McColl, American banker | |
June 18th, 1934 (June 18 1934) | Birth | Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (died in 2004) | |
June 18th, 1932 (June 18 1932) | Birth | Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
June 18th, 1932 (June 18 1932) | Birth | Geoffrey Hill, English poet | |
June 18th, 1931 (June 18 1931) | Birth | Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002 | |
June 18th, 1930 (June 18 1930) | Event | Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute held. | |
June 18th, 1929 (June 18 1929) | Birth | Jurgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher | Jurgen Habermas Quotes |
June 18th, 1928 (June 18 1928) | Event | Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic). | |
June 18th, 1928 (June 18 1928) | Birth | David T. Lykken, American scientist | |
June 18th, 1928 (June 18 1928) | Death | Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (born in 1872) | |
June 18th, 1927 (June 18 1927) | Birth | Paul Eddington, English actor (died in 1995) | |
June 18th, 1927 (June 18 1927) | Birth | Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born British actress | |
June 18th, 1924 (June 18 1924) | Birth | George Mikan, American basketball player (died in 2005) | |
June 18th, 1923 (June 18 1923) | Event | Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. | |
June 18th, 1922 (June 18 1922) | Birth | Claude Helffer, French pianist (died in 2004) | |
June 18th, 1922 (June 18 1922) | Death | Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (born in 1851) | |
June 18th, 1920 (June 18 1920) | Birth | Ian Carmichael, English actor | |
June 18th, 1918 (June 18 1918) | Birth | Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
June 18th, 1918 (June 18 1918) | Birth | Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2003) | |
June 18th, 1917 (June 18 1917) | Birth | Richard Boone, American actor (died in 1981) | |
June 18th, 1917 (June 18 1917) | Birth | Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (died in 1996) | |
June 18th, 1916 (June 18 1916) | Birth | Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (died in 2005) | |
June 18th, 1916 (June 18 1916) | Death | Max Immelmann, German flying ace (born in 1890) | |
June 18th, 1915 (June 18 1915) | Birth | Red Adair, American firefighter (died in 2004) | |
June 18th, 1915 (June 18 1915) | Death | Eufemio Zapata, brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata, killed by Sidronio Comancho | |
June 18th, 1913 (June 18 1913) | Birth | Sammy Cahn, American composer (died in 1993) | |
June 18th, 1913 (June 18 1913) | Birth | Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (died in 1991) | |
June 18th, 1910 (June 18 1910) | Birth | E.G. Marshall, American actor (died in 1998) | |
June 18th, 1910 (June 18 1910) | Birth | Ray McKinley, jazz drummer and bandleader (died in 1995) | |
June 18th, 1910 (June 18 1910) | Birth | Dick Foran, American actor (died in 1979) | |
June 18th, 1908 (June 18 1908) | Event | Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship | |
June 18th, 1908 (June 18 1908) | Birth | Bud Collyer, American game show host (died in 1969) | |
June 18th, 1908 (June 18 1908) | Birth | Nedra Volz, American actress (died in 2003) | |
June 18th, 1908 (June 18 1908) | Birth | Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (died in 1997) | |
June 18th, 1907 (June 18 1907) | Birth | Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (died in 1998) | |
June 18th, 1904 (June 18 1904) | Birth | Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (died in 1991) | |
June 18th, 1904 (June 18 1904) | Birth | Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (died in 2003) | |
June 18th, 1903 (June 18 1903) | Birth | Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (died in 1965) | |
June 18th, 1903 (June 18 1903) | Birth | Raymond Radiguet, French author (died in 1923) | |
June 18th, 1902 (June 18 1902) | Death | Samuel Butler, English writer (born in 1835) | Samuel Butler Quotes |
June 18th, 1901 (June 18 1901) | Birth | Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (died in 1918) | |
June 18th, 1900 (June 18 1900) | Event | Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families. | |
June 18th, 1895 (June 18 1895) | Birth | Blanche Sweet, American actress (died in 1986) | |
June 18th, 1895 (June 18 1895) | Birth | Manuela Fernandez-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian | |
June 18th, 1891 (June 18 1891) | Birth | Mae Busch, Australian actress (died in 1946) | |
June 18th, 1889 (June 18 1889) | Death | Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (born in 1855) | |
June 18th, 1887 (June 18 1887) | Event | The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed. | |
June 18th, 1886 (June 18 1886) | Birth | Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (died in 1978) | |
June 18th, 1884 (June 18 1884) | Birth | Edouard Daladier, French politician (died in 1970) | |
June 18th, 1882 (June 18 1882) | Birth | Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (died in 1949) | |
June 18th, 1877 (June 18 1877) | Birth | James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (died in 1960) | |
June 18th, 1873 (June 18 1873) | Event | Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. | Susan B. Anthony Quotes |
June 18th, 1868 (June 18 1868) | Birth | Miklos Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (died in 1957) | |
June 18th, 1863 (June 18 1863) | Birth | George Essex Evans, Australian poet (died in 1909) | Evans Quotes |
June 18th, 1858 (June 18 1858) | Event | Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin s own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory. | Charles Darwin Quotes |
June 18th, 1854 (June 18 1854) | Birth | E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (died in 1926) | |
June 18th, 1845 (June 18 1845) | Birth | Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1922) | |
June 18th, 1839 (June 18 1839) | Birth | William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (died in 1920) | |
June 18th, 1835 (June 18 1835) | Death | William Cobbett, English journalist and author (born in 1763) | William Cobbett Quotes |
June 18th, 1815 (June 18 1815) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for the second and final time. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
June 18th, 1815 (June 18 1815) | Birth | Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (died in 1881) | |
June 18th, 1815 (June 18 1815) | Death | Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (born in 1758) | |
June 18th, 1815 (June 18 1815) | Death | Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (born in 1766) | |
June 18th, 1812 (June 18 1812) | Event | War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | |
June 18th, 1812 (June 18 1812) | Birth | Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (died in 1891) | |
June 18th, 1794 (June 18 1794) | Death | Francois Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French Revolutionary leader (born in 1760) | |
June 18th, 1794 (June 18 1794) | Death | James Murray, British military officer and administrator (born in 1721) | |
June 18th, 1788 (June 18 1788) | Death | Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (born in 1714) | |
June 18th, 1778 (June 18 1778) | Event | American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
June 18th, 1772 (June 18 1772) | Death | Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (born in 1706) | Philo Quotes |
June 18th, 1772 (June 18 1772) | Death | Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (born in 1700) | |
June 18th, 1767 (June 18 1767) | Event | Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island. | |
June 18th, 1757 (June 18 1757) | Birth | Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (died in 1833) | |
June 18th, 1757 (June 18 1757) | Birth | Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (died in 1831) | |
June 18th, 1749 (June 18 1749) | Death | Ambrose Philips, English poet (born in 1674) | Ambrose Quotes |
June 18th, 1742 (June 18 1742) | Death | John Aislabie, English politician (born in 1670) | |
June 18th, 1726 (June 18 1726) | Death | Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (born in 1657) | |
June 18th, 1716 (June 18 1716) | Birth | Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (died in 1809) | |
June 18th, 1704 (June 18 1704) | Death | Tom Brown, English satirist (born in 1662) | |
June 18th, 1680 (June 18 1680) | Death | Samuel Butler, English poet (born in 1612) | Samuel Butler Quotes |
June 18th, 1673 (June 18 1673) | Death | Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (born in 1606) | |
June 18th, 1667 (June 18 1667) | Birth | Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (died in 1750) | |
June 18th, 1650 (June 18 1650) | Death | Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer | |
June 18th, 1629 (June 18 1629) | Death | Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (born in 1577) | Piet Hein Quotes |
June 18th, 1588 (June 18 1588) | Death | Robert Crowley, English printer and poet | Robert Ley Quotes |
June 18th, 1552 (June 18 1552) | Birth | Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (died in 1637) | |
June 18th, 1536 (June 18 1536) | Death | Henry Fitzroy, (born in 1519) bastard son of Henry VIII | |
June 18th, 1517 (June 18 1517) | Birth | Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (died in 1593) | |
June 18th, 1511 (June 18 1511) | Birth | Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (died in 1592) | |
June 18th, 1466 (June 18 1466) | Birth | Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (died in 1539) | |
June 18th, 1464 (June 18 1464) | Death | Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter | |
June 18th, 1429 (June 18 1429) | Event | 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. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
June 18th, 1318 (June 18 1318) | Birth | Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (died in 1355) | |
June 18th, 1291 (June 18 1291) | Death | King Alfonso III of Aragon (born in 1265) | |
June 18th, 1269 (June 18 1269) | Birth | Princess Eleanor of England (died in 1298) | |
June 18th, 1264 (June 18 1264) | Event | The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature. | |
June 18th, 1234 (June 18 1234) | Death | Emperor Chukyo of Japan (born in 1218) | |
June 18th, 1178 (June 18 1178) | Event | Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formedied in It is believed that the current oscillations of the moon s distance (on the order of metres) are a result of this collision. | Giordano Bruno Quotes |
June 18th, 0618 (June 18 0618) | Event | Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty s rule over China. | |