Sergey Kirdyapkin
b. 1980
Russian race walker
On This Day · The 169th day of the year
June 18
A look at June 18 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Sergey Kirdyapkin and Christian Taylor (athlete), and the day's notable deaths and observances.
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Events
10 notable moments- 2023
Titan (submersible)
Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Submersible that imploded in - 2006
Kazakhstan
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
Country in Eastern Europe - 1994
The Troubles
The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) 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.
1960s–1998 conflict in Northern - 1983
Mona Mahmudnizhad
Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
Iranian Baháʼí executed for - 1981
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
American stealth ground-attack aircraft - 1972
British European Airways Flight 548
Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.
1972 aircraft accident in - 1965
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1955–1975 war in Southeast - 1958
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
English composer and pianist - 1954
Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
President of Guatemala from - 1858
Charles Darwin
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.
English naturalist and biologist
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Famous birthday twins
Born on June 18Christian Taylor (athlete)
b. 1990
American triple jumper
Paul McCartney
b. 1942
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lech Kaczyński
b. 1949
Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland
Denny Hulme
b. 1936
New Zealand race car driver
Alexander Wetmore
b. 1886
American ornithologist and paleontologist
John V Palaiologos
b. 1332
Byzantine Emperor
Marco Borriello
b. 1982
Italian footballer
Deaths
- 2018Big Van Vader, (also known as Vader) American professional wrestler
- 2014Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer
- 2010José Saramago, Portuguese novelist Nobel Prize laureate
- 1936Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright
- 1928Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer
- 741Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor
Holidays & observances
- —Autistic Pride Day (International)
- —Christian feast day: Bernard Mizeki (Anglican and Episcopal Church)
- —Christian feast day: Elisabeth of Schönau
- —Christian feast day: Gregorio Barbarigo
- —Christian feast day: Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus
- —Christian feast day: Marina the Monk (Maronite Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
- —Christian feast day: Mark and Marcellian
- —Christian feast day: Blessed Osanna of Mantua
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