1778: During the American Revolutionary War, the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania is abandoned by British forces.
1799: Lord Keith and his British fleet captures a frigate squadron led by Rear Admiral Perree during the Action June 18th, 1799.
1812:S President James Madison signs the declaration of war against the United Kingdom during the War of 1812.
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington. This forces him to abdicate the throne of France for the second time.
1830: Algeria is invaded by France.
1858: Charles Darwin receives notes from Alfred Russel Wallace that come to the same exact conclusions as Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. This prompts Darwin to go ahead and publish his theory.
1873: When she tries to vote in the 1872 U.S. Presidential election, Susan B. Anthony is fine a hundred dollars.
1908: The University of the Philippines is founded on this date.
1923: American taxi company Checker Taxi puts its first taxi out on the streets.
1940: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers his “Finest Hour” speech on this date.
1945: William Brooke Joyce, also known as Lord Haw Haw, is charged with High Treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
1953: A U.S Air Force C-124 crashes near Tachikawa, Japan. Over 128 people were killed.
1965: National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam are bombed by U.S B-52 bombers during the Vietnam War.
1979: Salt II (the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II) is signed between the U.S and the U.S.S.R.
Famous Birthdays on June 18
French physician and Nobel Prize laureate, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran is born in 1845.
American publisher E.W. Scripps is born in 1854.
American businessman and philanthropist, Henry Clay Folger is born in 1857.
American actress Blanche Sweet is born in 1896.
American journalist, screenwriter and critic, Roger Ebert is born in 1942.
English singer-songwriter and guitarist, Paul McCartney is born in 1942.
Canadian actress Linda Thorson is born in 1947.
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