About June 18
June 18, 2024 is the 170th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 225 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On June 18
- 618 –Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
- 1767 –Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- 1778 –American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1812 –War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
- 1830 –French invasion of Algeria
- 1859 –First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- 1873 –Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1887 –The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- 1900 –Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1923 –Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1930 –Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
- 1935 –Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
- 1946 –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.
- 1972 –Staines air disaster – 118 are killed when a plane crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1979 –SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1983 –Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1984 –A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike.
- 1996 –Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
- 2006 –The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
- 2009 –The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
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