| 1155 |
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German-born Frederick I, Barbarossa, is crowned emperor of Rome. |
| 1667 |
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The Dutch fleet sails up the Thames River and threatens London. |
| 1778 |
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British troops evacuate Philadelphia. |
| 1812 |
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The War of 1812 begins when the United States declares war against Great Britain. |
| 1815 |
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At the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon is defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington. |
| 1863 |
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After repeated acts of insubordination, General Ulysses S. Grant relieves General John McClernand during the siege of Vicksburg. |
| 1864 |
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At Petersburg, Union General Ulysses S. Grant realizes the town can no longer be taken by assault and settles into a siege. |
| 1873 |
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Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote for president. |
| 1918 |
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Allied forces on the Western Front begin their largest counter-attack yet against the German army. |
| 1928 |
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. |
| 1936 |
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Mobster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano is found guilty on 62 counts of compulsory prostitution. |
| 1942 |
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The U.S. Navy commissions its first black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson. |
| 1944 |
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The U.S. First Army breaks through the German lines on the Cotentin Peninsula and cuts off the German-held port of Cherbourg. |
| 1945 |
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Organized Japanese resistance ends on the island of Mindanao. |
| 1951 |
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General Vo Nguyen Giap ends his Red River Campaign against the French in Indochina. |
| 1953 |
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South Korean President Syngman Rhee releases Korean non-repatriate POWs against the will of the United Nations. |
| 1959 |
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A Federal Court annuls the Arkansas law allowing school closings to prevent integration. |
| 1966 |
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Samuel Nabrit becomes the first African American to serve on the Atomic Energy Commission. |
| 1979 |
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President Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the Salt II pact to limit nuclear arms. |
| 1983 |
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Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. |
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Born on June 18 |
| 1581 |
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Sir Thomas Overbury, English poet and courtier. |
| 1812 |
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Ivan Goncharov, Russian novelist (Oblomov). |
| 1857 |
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Henry Clay Folger, American lawyer and businessman, co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library. |
| 1877 |
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James Montgomery Flagg, American artist and author. |
| 1896 |
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Blanche Sweet, film actress. |
| 1937 |
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Gail Godwin, writer (The Perfectionists, The Southern Family). |
| 1942 |
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Paul McCartney, songwriter and singer, member of the Beatles. |
| 1949 |
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Chris Van Allsburg, children’s author and illustrator (Jumanji, The Polar Express). |
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