What Happened on Jun 18

Turkish Garrison Surrenders at Nicea

The crusader armies crossed over into Asia Minor throughout the first half of 1097, and were joined by Peter the Hermit and the remainder of his... Read more

Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII

The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII (Coup d'État du 30 prairial an VII), also known as the Revenge of the Councils (revanche des conseils) was a... Read more

War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire (particularly Great Britain and British North America), was fought... Read more

The Battle of Waterloo

In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were... Read more

Battle of Aldie

Description:Stuart’s cavalry screened the Confederate infantry as it marched north behind the sheltering Blue Ridge. The pursuing Federals of... Read more

James Montgomery Flagg Is Born

James Montgomery Flagg, creator of this illustration of Uncle Sam, was born on June 18, 1877, in Pelham Manor, New York. Flagg claimed that his... Read more

Chinese National Revolutionary Army Repels Imperial Japanese Army from Yichang

The Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang (simplified Chinese: 枣宜会战; traditional Chinese: 棗宜會戰; pinyin: Zǎoyí Huìzhàn), also known as the Battle of Zaoyi was... Read more

Winston Churchill Gives 'This Was Their Finest Hour' Speech

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years,... Read more

Coretta Scott Marries Martin Luther King Jr.

When he proposed, she deliberated for six months before saying yes, and they were married in the garden of her parents' house on June 18, 1953. The... Read more

Escuminac Hurricane of 1959

June 19, 1959: a fierce hurricane lashes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, wreaking awesome damage and disaster on the New Brunswick coast. The storm... Read more

Operation Arc Light Begins

Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52F Stratofortress as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam. By extension, Arc light,... Read more

Glastonbury Festival 1982

Again, there was CND involvement and it was this year that Western Region CND took control of the entrance gates and Mid Somerset CND took... Read more

Sally Ride Becomes First American Woman in Space

Ride was one of 8,000 people to answer an advertisement in a newspaper seeking applicants for the space program. As a result, Ride joined NASA in... Read more

"Weird Al" Yankovic releases Dare to Be Stupid

Dare to Be Stupid is the third studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1985. The album was one of many produced by former The McCoys... Read more

Lee Janzen wins the 98th U.S. Open

Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open and major championship by defeating Payne Stewart by one stroke. Janzen became the second golfer at a U.S. Open... Read more

Tarzan (Disney film) is released

Tarzan is a 1999 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999.... Read more

Entourage Season 3 Episode 2 - One Day in the Valley

Vince's steamy post-premiere plans for Aquaman leave Drama hot and bothered. A series of California blackouts threatens to undermine Aquaman's... Read more

Baltimore Orioles defeat Houston Astros, 2-1

Before Kevin Millar stepped into the batter's box and delivered the hit that sent the Orioles to another thrilling victory, manager Dave Trembley... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-4

PHILADELPHIA - J.D. Drew continues to amaze - if he keeps hitting like this, how will Terry Francona find a spot for David Ortiz when Big Papi... Read more

Baltimore Orioles defeat New York Mets, 5-4

BALTIMORE - Francisco Rodriguez's first blown save came courtesy of Luis Castillo. Thursday night, the Mets' closer had no one to blame but himself... Read more

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Is Launched

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a robotic spacecraft launched by NASA, currently orbiting the Moon. The unmanned launch of the Lunar... Read more

Minnesota Twins defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1

The Twins had just hit two home runs to support Nick Blackburn's complete game in a 5-1 victory over the Pirates on Thursday afternoon at the... Read more

Patti Blagojevich on "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!": Day 11

Patti Blagojevich earned another week in the jungle on "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." Even though there were just eight campers left -... Read more

Protests of Iranian Election Irregularities Intensify in Paris

Several dozen journalists and the press watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) staged a protest rally outside the Iranian embassy in Paris on... Read more

Slain Protesters are Mourned as Demonstrations Against Voting Irregularities Continue in Tehran

More than 100,000 people have attended a "day of mourning" rally in Tehran to remember eight people killed while opposing Iran's election... Read more