618 Li Yuan declared himself Emperor Gaozu of Tang on June 18, 618 AD initiating a new Chinese dynasty known as Tang. The Daming Palace became the government seat and royal residence of the Tang empire 45 years later during Emperor Gaozong's reign. The Tang dynasty lasted for three centuries until 960 when Emperor Taizu's coronation launched China's Song dynasty.
1178 Five monks from Canterbury reported to the abbey's chronicler, Gervase, that shortly after sunset on June 18, 1178, they observed "the upper horn [of the moon] split in two.” What they saw was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth are a result of the collision that the monks witnessed.
1583 The first life insurance policy in Britain for which we have details was arranged by Richard Martin, an alderman of London. He arranged the policy on June 18, 1583 for a salter, one William Gibbons. The premium was eight per cent, and the term was 12 months.
1812 The War of 1812 began on June 18, 1812 when the US Congress declared war against Britain, Canada and Ireland over trade restrictions. President James Madison had hoped for peace, but Congress wanted to fight so he gave in and approved a declaration of war.
1815 The Battle of Waterloo resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the British under Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington. During the last stage of the battle, Wellington was supported by the Prussians under Field Marshal von Blücher. The battle started around noon on June 18, 1815 and ended by 11pm. It actually took place at Braine l'Alleud, about eight miles (13 kms) south of Waterloo, but Wellington had a habit of naming battles after the place he had spent the previous night.
1815 Napoleon's Hundred Days ended when he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by the British under Duke of Wellington and the Prussians on June 18, 1815. After his defeat, Napoleon was held for a time off the hamlet of Causand on the Cornish shore off Plymouth sound on the Man of War Bellerophon. Boatloads of sightseers crowded round the vessel trying to get a look at the great man. He was later exiled to the Atlantic island of St Helena, where he spent his last years.
1822 The UK's first nude public statue since antiquity — an 18ft bronze Achilles — was installed in London's Hyde Park on June 18, 1822. It quickly caused a stir. Some people found it to be indecent, while others argued that it was a work of art and should be appreciated on its own merits. In the end, a fig leaf was added to the statue to appease public opinion.
1875 The Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin on June 18, 1875 was when 5,000 barrels of whiskey ignited and flowed into the streets. 13 people died that day, but not from burns or smoke inhalation, All victims died of alcohol poisoning by drinking the whiskey flowing through the streets.
1928 Amelia Earhart was a social worker at Denison House in Boston when she was invited to fly across the Atlantic for the first time on June 18, 1928. (She was a passenger; Wilmer Stultz, the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic). When they landed at Burry Port, near Llanelli, Wales, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1928 The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen died on June 18, 1928 when searching by seaplane for General Nobile and his wrecked airship, which was lost in the Arctic Ocean. Whilst Nobile was found and rescued, Amundsen's seaplane disappeared, presumably crashed in fog. Some remains of his plane were found near Tromso two months later. Twenty one days before his death, Amundsen was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
1940 Winston Churchill gave his “this was their finest hour” speech on June 18, 1940. The name of The Battle of Britain came from the same speech ("What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin.")
1942 Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942 in Walton Hospital, Liverpool, where his mother, Mary had qualified to practice as a nurse. His father, James ("Jim") McCartney was absent from his son's birth due to his work as a volunteer firefighter during World War II. Paul McCartney wrote his first song, "I Lost My Little Girl", when he was 14 in 1956. A 15-year-old Paul McCartney first met 16-year-old John Lennon at a St Peter’s Parish Church party in Woolton, Liverpool in 1957.
1948 Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP ("long playing") record at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on June 18, 1948. The new format allowed listeners to enjoy an unprecedented 25 minutes of music per side, compared to the four minutes per side of the standard 78 rpm record. The first LPs were 10 inches in diameter, but 12 inches became the standard size, with 16-inch discs used for transcriptions. The first twelve-inch LP was Felix Mendelssohn's "Concerto in E Minor."
1953 Martin Luther King Jr first met Coretta Scott King at college; they married on June 18, 1953. The wedding ceremony took place in Scott's parents' house in Marion, Alabama, and was performed by King's father. Because resorts in Alabama did not serve black people, the pair spent their wedding night in the closest thing to public accommodation, a funeral parlor owned by family friends. The Kings had four children, who all followed in their parents' footsteps as civil rights activists.
1178 Five monks from Canterbury reported to the abbey's chronicler, Gervase, that shortly after sunset on June 18, 1178, they observed "the upper horn [of the moon] split in two.” What they saw was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth are a result of the collision that the monks witnessed.
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| Oblique view the Giordano Bruno crater from Apollo 16 |
1812 The War of 1812 began on June 18, 1812 when the US Congress declared war against Britain, Canada and Ireland over trade restrictions. President James Madison had hoped for peace, but Congress wanted to fight so he gave in and approved a declaration of war.
1815 The Battle of Waterloo resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the British under Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington. During the last stage of the battle, Wellington was supported by the Prussians under Field Marshal von Blücher. The battle started around noon on June 18, 1815 and ended by 11pm. It actually took place at Braine l'Alleud, about eight miles (13 kms) south of Waterloo, but Wellington had a habit of naming battles after the place he had spent the previous night.
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| Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler |
1815 Napoleon's Hundred Days ended when he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by the British under Duke of Wellington and the Prussians on June 18, 1815. After his defeat, Napoleon was held for a time off the hamlet of Causand on the Cornish shore off Plymouth sound on the Man of War Bellerophon. Boatloads of sightseers crowded round the vessel trying to get a look at the great man. He was later exiled to the Atlantic island of St Helena, where he spent his last years.
1822 The UK's first nude public statue since antiquity — an 18ft bronze Achilles — was installed in London's Hyde Park on June 18, 1822. It quickly caused a stir. Some people found it to be indecent, while others argued that it was a work of art and should be appreciated on its own merits. In the end, a fig leaf was added to the statue to appease public opinion.
1875 The Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin on June 18, 1875 was when 5,000 barrels of whiskey ignited and flowed into the streets. 13 people died that day, but not from burns or smoke inhalation, All victims died of alcohol poisoning by drinking the whiskey flowing through the streets.
1928 Amelia Earhart was a social worker at Denison House in Boston when she was invited to fly across the Atlantic for the first time on June 18, 1928. (She was a passenger; Wilmer Stultz, the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic). When they landed at Burry Port, near Llanelli, Wales, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1928 The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen died on June 18, 1928 when searching by seaplane for General Nobile and his wrecked airship, which was lost in the Arctic Ocean. Whilst Nobile was found and rescued, Amundsen's seaplane disappeared, presumably crashed in fog. Some remains of his plane were found near Tromso two months later. Twenty one days before his death, Amundsen was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
1940 Winston Churchill gave his “this was their finest hour” speech on June 18, 1940. The name of The Battle of Britain came from the same speech ("What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin.")
1942 Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942 in Walton Hospital, Liverpool, where his mother, Mary had qualified to practice as a nurse. His father, James ("Jim") McCartney was absent from his son's birth due to his work as a volunteer firefighter during World War II. Paul McCartney wrote his first song, "I Lost My Little Girl", when he was 14 in 1956. A 15-year-old Paul McCartney first met 16-year-old John Lennon at a St Peter’s Parish Church party in Woolton, Liverpool in 1957.
1948 Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP ("long playing") record at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on June 18, 1948. The new format allowed listeners to enjoy an unprecedented 25 minutes of music per side, compared to the four minutes per side of the standard 78 rpm record. The first LPs were 10 inches in diameter, but 12 inches became the standard size, with 16-inch discs used for transcriptions. The first twelve-inch LP was Felix Mendelssohn's "Concerto in E Minor."
1953 Martin Luther King Jr first met Coretta Scott King at college; they married on June 18, 1953. The wedding ceremony took place in Scott's parents' house in Marion, Alabama, and was performed by King's father. Because resorts in Alabama did not serve black people, the pair spent their wedding night in the closest thing to public accommodation, a funeral parlor owned by family friends. The Kings had four children, who all followed in their parents' footsteps as civil rights activists.
1955 The giant Sandy Allen was born in Chicago, USA on June 18, 1955. Recognized by the Guinness World Records as the tallest woman in the world, she was 7 feet 7 inches (231 cm) tall. Sandy never married saying that she was "an old fashioned girl" and would not date a man shorter than her.
1971 The Nike "swoosh" logo was created in 1971 by a graphic design student Carolyn Davidson and was purchased by Blue Ribbon for $35. The intention was to convey motion in its design. it was first used by Nike on June 18, 1971.
1983 Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad along with nine other women were hanged because of their membership in the Bahá'í faith on June 18, 1983. The official charges ranged from “misleading children and youth” because she was teaching children who had been expelled from school for their beliefs and serving in an orphanage, to being a "Zionist" because the Bahá'í World Centre is located in Israel.
2000 Tiger Woods won the 2000 US Open Championship on June 18 by a record-setting 15 strokes with a score of 19 under par. It was the lowest ever total at one of golf's four majors, until Australian Jason Day won the 2015 US PGA Championship with a score of 20 under par.
2013 Rihanna passed Justin Bieber on June 18, 2013 as the most-viewed artist on YouTube. At that date the 77 videos on Rihanna's official VEVO channel had clocked a combined 3.784 billion views in total, surpassing the total view counts of the 79 videos on Bieber's official VEVO channel by roughly two million views. K-Pop group BTS re now the most viewed artist on YouTube.
2014 American chemist Stephanie Kwolek died on June 18, 2014. She is best known for her discovery and development of the high-strength, heat-resistant synthetic fiber known as Kevlar. Kevlar has numerous applications, particularly in the field of ballistic protection, such as bullet-proof vests.
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