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Today in History
- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
- Holidays
- No Holidays today
- Birthdays
- ♦ 1799 William Lassell
- ♦ 1877 James Montgomery Flagg
- ♦ 1884 C.E. Weatherburn
- ♦ 1886 George Mallory
- ♦ 1901 Jeanette MacDonald
- ♦ 1908 Bud Collyer
- ♦ 1910 E.G. Marshall
- ♦ 1942 Paul McCartney
- ♦ 1942 Roger Ebert
- ♦ 1952 Carol Kane
- ♦ 1952 Isabella Rossellini
- ♦ 1971 Nathan Morris
- Events
- ♦ 1178 Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno.
- ♦ 1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.
- ♦ 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Blücher.
- ♦ 1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President.
- ♦ 1892 Macademia nuts first planted in Hawaii.
- ♦ 1928 Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
- ♦ 1953 Egypt is proclaimed a republic.
- ♦ 1959 First television broadcast transmitted from England to US.
- ♦ 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for first time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
- ♦ 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on the US Supreme Court.
- ♦ 1983 Sally Ride becomes first US woman in space, aboard Challenger.
- Reminders
- No Reminders today
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