12 History Lessons + 5 Births & 6 Deaths for June 18, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1812 – The United States declares war on the United Kingdom, starting the War of 1812.
- 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington and Prussian forces.
- 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 U.S. presidential election.
- 1928 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a pilot.
- 1940 – Charles de Gaulle delivers his famous “Appeal of 18 June” from London, urging French resistance to Nazi occupation.
- 1948 – Columbia Records introduces the 33⅓ rpm long-playing (LP) record.
- 1953 – A U.S. Air Force C-124 crashes near Tokyo, killing 129.
- 1979 – President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II nuclear arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
- 1983 – Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 1996 – Ted Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” is indicted on 10 criminal counts.
- 2006 – The first Kazakh space traveler, Toktar Aubakirov, returns to Earth.
- 2021 – Iran elects Ebrahim Raisi as president, solidifying conservative control of the country.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1942 – Paul McCartney, legendary British musician and former Beatle (83)
- 1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian-American actress and model (73)
- 1974 – Blake Shelton, country music star and TV personality (The Voice) (51)
- 1986 – Richard Madden, Scottish actor known for Game of Thrones and Bodyguard (39)
- 1994 – Trippie Redd, American rapper and singer (31)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer who led the first expedition to the South Pole (55)
- 1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian writer and political thinker (68)
- 1959 – Ethel Barrymore, prominent American stage and film actress (79)
- 1982 – John Cheever, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist (70)
- 1996 – Bud Collyer, radio and TV host known for voicing Superman (84)
- 2002 – Rosey Brown, NFL Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the New York Giants (71)
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