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