18 June
Notable Births
Arin (singer)
b. 1999
South Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Trippie Redd
b. 1999
American rapper (born 1999)
Katharina Hobgarski
b. 1997
German tennis player
Latrell Mitchell
b. 1997
Australian international rugby league footballer (born 1997)
Alen Halilović
b. 1996
Croatian footballer (born 1996)
Niki Wories
b. 1996
Dutch figure skater (born 1996)
Maxim Kovtun
b. 1995
Russian figure skater
Sean McMahon
b. 1994
Australia international rugby union player
Takeoff (rapper)
b. 1994
American rapper (1994–2022)
Dennis Lloyd
b. 1993
Israeli record producer and musician
Luke Adam
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Sandra Izbașa
b. 1990
Romanian artistic gymnast
Derek Stepan
b. 1990
American ice hockey player (born 1990)
Christian Taylor (athlete)
b. 1990
American track and field athlete
Richard Gasquet
b. 1986
French tennis player (born 1986)
Martin St. Louis
b. 1975
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1975)
Roger Ebert
b. 1942
American film critic and author (1942–2013)
George Mikan
b. 1924
American basketball player (1924–2005)
Efraín Huerta
b. 1914
Mexican poet (1914–1982)
Jung Bahadur Rana
b. 1816
Founder of the Rana dynasty in Nepal
Notable Deaths
James Chance
d. 2024
American musician (1953–2024)
Anouk Aimée
d. 2024
French actress (1932–2024)
Willie Mays
d. 2024
American baseball player (1931–2024)
Shahzada Dawood
d. 2023
Pakistani businessman and philanthropist (1975–2023)
Hamish Harding
d. 2023
British businessman (1964–2023)
Paul-Henri Nargeolet
d. 2023
French naval officer and explorer (1946–2023)
Stockton Rush
d. 2023
American businessman (1962–2023)
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
d. 2022
Danish politician (1941–2022)
Vera Lynn
d. 2020
English singer and entertainer (1917–2020)
XXXTentacion
d. 2018
American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)
Big Van Vader
d. 2018
American professional wrestler and football player (1955–2018)
Jimmy Wopo
d. 2018
American rapper (1997–2018)
Phil Austin
d. 2015
American comedian and writer (1941–2015)
Ralph J. Roberts
d. 2015
American businessman (1920-2015)
Allen Weinstein
d. 2015
American historian (1937–2015)
Stephanie Kwolek
d. 2014
American chemist who invented Kevlar (1923–2014)
Johnny Mann
d. 2014
American conductor (1928–2014)
Florence Bascom
d. 1945
American professor of geology (1862–1945)
William Cobbett
d. 1835
English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist (1763–1835)
Rogier van der Weyden
d. 1464
Early Netherlandish painter (c. 1399 – 1464)
On This Day in History
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2023
Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Titan (submersible)
2018
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
2018 Osaka earthquake
2009
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
2007
The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
2006
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
Kazakhstan
1998
Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.
Propair Flight 420
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.
The Troubles
1984
A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
Battle of Orgreave
1983
Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
Space Shuttle program
1983
Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
Mona Mahmudnizhad
1982
Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
Roberto Calvi
1981
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
1979
SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
1972
Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.
British European Airways Flight 548
1965
Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
Vietnam War
1958
Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
Benjamin Britten
1954
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
Carlos Castillo Armas
1953
The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
Egyptian revolution of 1952
1953
A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
United States Air Force
1948
Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Columbia Records