Editing June 18 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[618]] &ndash; Li Yuan becomes [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]], initiating three centuries of [[Tang dynasty]] rule over China.
* [[656]] &ndash; [[Ali]] becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* [[860]] &ndash; [[Siege of Constantinople (860)|Byzantine–Rus' War]]: A fleet of about 200 [[Rus' Khaganate|Rus']] vessels sails into the [[Bosphorus]] and starts pillaging the suburbs of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital [[Constantinople]].
*[[1053]] &ndash; [[Battle of Civitate]]: Three thousand [[Normans|Norman]] horsemen of [[Humphrey of Hauteville|Count Humphrey]] rout the troops of [[Pope Leo IX]].
*[[1264]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Ireland]] meets at [[Castledermot]] in [[County Kildare]], the first definitively known meeting of this Irish [[legislature]].
*[[1265]] &ndash; A draft [[Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1265|Byzantine–Venetian treaty]] is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]], but is not ratified by Doge [[Reniero Zeno]].
*[[1391]] &ndash; [[Tokhtamysh–Timur war]]: [[Battle of the Kondurcha River]]: [[Timur]] defeats [[Tokhtamysh]] of the [[Golden Horde]] in present-day southeast Russia.<ref>Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.</ref>
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII's]] army defeats an [[English Army|English army]] under [[John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|John Talbot]] at the [[Battle of Patay]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. The English lost 2,200 men, over half their army, crippling their efforts during this segment of the war.<ref>{{cite book |first=Kelly |last=DeVries |title=Joan of Arc: A Military Leader |location=Stroud |publisher=History Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7524-6061-1 |page=96}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] is crowned King of Scots at [[St Giles' Cathedral]], [[Edinburgh]].
*[[1684]] &ndash; The charter of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is revoked via a ''[[scire facias]]'' writ issued by an English court.
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kolín]] between [[Prussian Army|Prussian forces]] under [[Frederick the Great]] and an [[Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor|Austrian army]] under the command of Field Marshal [[Count Leopold Joseph von Daun]] in the [[Seven Years' War]].
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[British Army]] abandons [[Philadelphia]].
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Action of 18 June 1799]]: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral [[Jean-Baptiste Perrée]] is captured by the British fleet under [[George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith|Lord Keith]].
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Haitian Revolution]]: The [[Royal Navy]] led by Rear-Admiral [[John Thomas Duckworth]] commence the [[blockade of Saint-Domingue]] against French forces.<ref>{{cite book |last=James |first=William |author-link=William James (naval historian) |year=2002 |orig-year=1827 |title=The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 3, 1800–1805 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=London |page=207 |isbn=0-85177-907-7}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; The United States [[United States declaration of war on the United Kingdom|declaration of war]] upon the United Kingdom is signed by President [[James Madison]], beginning the [[War of 1812]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Waterloo]] results in the defeat of [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] by the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] and [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]] forcing him to abdicate the throne of [[First French Empire|France]] for the second and last time.
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Konstantinos Kanaris]] blows up the [[Ottoman navy]]'s flagship at [[Chios]], killing the [[Kapudan Pasha]] [[Nasuhzade Ali Pasha]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Finlay |first=George |author-link=George Finlay |title=History of the Greek Revolution, Vol. I |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |location=Edinburgh and London |year=1861 |url={{Google Books|-ktoAAAAMAAJ |plainurl=y}} | pages = 316–318}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Charles Darwin]] receives a paper from [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] that includes nearly identical conclusions about [[evolution]] as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
*[[1859]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Aletschhorn]], second summit of the [[Bernese Alps]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Susan B. Anthony]] is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the [[1872 United States presidential election|1872 presidential election]].
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[Reinsurance Treaty]] between Germany and Russia is signed.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign [[diplomat]]s and their families.

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Japanese Brazilians|Japanese immigration to Brazil]] begins when 781 people arrive in [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]] aboard the ship ''Kasato-Maru''.
*  1908   &ndash; The [[University of the Philippines]] is established.
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)|The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)]] begin with a week of sectarian violence in [[Derry]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-55252892 "Londonderry's forgotten week of bloodshed' in 1920"]. [[BBC News]], 20 April 2023.</ref> 
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Aviator]] [[Amelia Earhart]] becomes the first woman to [[Transatlantic flight|fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean]] (she is a passenger; [[Wilmer Stultz]] is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
*[[1935]] &ndash; Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, [[Battle of Ballantyne Pier|clash with striking longshoremen]], resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Appeal of 18 June]] by [[Charles de Gaulle]].
*  1940   &ndash; The [[This was their finest hour|"Finest Hour" speech]] is delivered by [[Winston Churchill]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[William Joyce]] ("[[Lord Haw-Haw]]") is charged with [[treason]] for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during [[World War II]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; Dr. [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], a [[Socialist]], calls for a [[Direct Action Day]] against the Portuguese in [[Goa]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Columbia Records]] introduces the [[LP record|long-playing record album]] in a public demonstration at the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]] in New York City.
*  1948   &ndash; Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the ''[[Deutsche Mark]]'' will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-berlin-blockade/ |title=The Berlin Blockade |website=Lumen Learning}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; The [[Egyptian revolution of 1952]] ends with the overthrow of the [[Muhammad Ali dynasty]] and the declaration of the [[Egypt#Modern history|Republic of Egypt]].
*  1953   &ndash; A [[United States Air Force]] [[Douglas C-124 Globemaster II|C-124]] [[Tachikawa air disaster|crashes and burns]] near [[Tachikawa]], Japan, killing 129.
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the [[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Britten]]'s one-act opera ''[[Noye's Fludde]]'' premiered at the [[Aldeburgh Festival]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Britten |first=Benjamin |editor1-last=Reed |editor1-first=Philip |editor2-last=Cooke |editor2-first=Mervyn |editor3-last=Mitchell |editor3-first=Donald |year=2008 |title=Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Volume IV, 1952–1957 |location=Woodbridge |publisher=The Boydell Press |isbn=978-1-84383-382-6 |pages=555, 562}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The [[United States Air Force]] uses [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 bombers]] to [[Operation Arc Light|attack guerrilla fighters]] in [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[British European Airways Flight 548|Staines air disaster]]: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a [[British European Airways|BEA]] [[Hawker Siddeley Trident|H.S. Trident]] crashes minutes after takeoff from London's [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Staines air crash: Memorial held for one of UK's worst air crashes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-61822837 |website=BBC News |access-date=21 June 2022 |date=18 June 2022}}</ref><!-- significant policy impact: lead to use of cockpit voice recorders -->
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks|SALT II]] is signed by the United States and the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]], the first operational aircraft initially designed around [[stealth technology]], makes its first flight.
*[[1982]] &ndash; Italian banker [[Roberto Calvi]]'s body is discovered hanging beneath [[Blackfriars Bridge]] in London, England.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-7]], [[Astronaut]] [[Sally Ride]] becomes the first American woman in space.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearson |first1=Ezzy |title=Who Was Sally Ride? |url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/sally-ride |website=BBC Sky at Night |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Mona Mahmudnizhad]], together with nine other women of the [[Baháʼí Faith]], is sentenced to death and hanged in [[Shiraz]], Iran over her religious beliefs.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Battle of Orgreave|A major clash]] between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at [[Orgreave, South Yorkshire]], during the [[UK miners' strike (1984–85)|1984–85 UK miners' strike]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aslett |first1=Chloe |title=Orgreave campaign group publishes new report and demands inquiry as "truth remains hidden" 40 years on |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/orgreave-truth-and-justice-campaign-group-publishes-new-report-and-demands-inquiry-as-truth-remains-hidden-40-years-on-4670081 |website=Sheffield Star |publisher=National World Publishing Ltd. |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: Members of the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) [[Loughinisland massacre|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]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Propair Flight 420]] crashes near [[Montréal–Mirabel International Airport]] in [[Quebec]], Canada, killing 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II C-GQAL Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, QC (YMX) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980618-0 |access-date=2021-05-04 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; The first [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] space [[satellite]], [[KazSat-1]] is launched.
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[Charleston Sofa Super Store fire]] happened in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], killing nine [[firefighter]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Glenn |title=Charleston honors 9 firefighters who died in historic Sofa Super Store inferno |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sofa-super-store-fire-charleston-nine-firefighters-anniversary/article_ef8a8ca0-2a83-11ef-b507-b356a41365b3.html |website=Post & Courier |publisher=Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Co. |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
*[[2018]] &ndash; An [[2018 Osaka earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 6.1]] strikes northern [[Osaka prefecture|Osaka]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ives |first1=Mike |title=Japan Earthquake Kills at Least 3 Near Osaka, Injuring Hundreds More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/world/asia/japan-earthquake-osaka.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/world/asia/japan-earthquake-osaka.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; ''Titan'', a submersible operated by [[OceanGate|OceanGate Expeditions]], [[Titan submersible implosion|imploded]] while attempting to view the [[wreck of the Titanic]], killing all five people on board including the co-founder and CEO of the company, [[Stockton Rush]] in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Debusmann Jr |first=Bernd |date=23 June 2023 |title=Five dead on Titan sub were 'true explorers' - OceanGate |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65993579 |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref>