About June 18

June 18, 2021 is the 169th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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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 228 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On June 18

  • 1264 –
    The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
  • 1684 –
    The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
  • 1757 –
    Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years’ War.
  • 1812 –
    War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
  • 1815 –
    Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
  • 1830 –
    French invasion of Algeria
  • 1859 –
    First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
  • 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.
  • 1928 –
    Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • 1930 –
    Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
  • 1940 –
    Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
  • 1945 –
    William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
  • 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.
  • 1954 –
    Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
  • 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.
  • 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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