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This is a list of selected June 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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Li Yuan
Charles Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace
Sally Ride
Emperor Gaozu of the Tang dynasty
Charles de Gaulle
Cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo
Rus' forces under the walls of Constantinople
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
; Father's Day in various countries (2017)	lead too short, self-contradictory
Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese calendar, 2018)	refimprove
1053 – Humphrey of Hauteville led the armies of the Normans in the Battle of Civitate against the combined forces of Pope Leo IX and the Holy Roman Empire.	unreferenced section
1264 – The Parliament of Ireland met at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.	unreferenced sections
1812 – The United States declared war against the United Kingdom, officially beginning the War of 1812.	refimprove section
1908 – The University of the Philippines, the country's national university, was established.	refimprove section
1979 – The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II treaty, placing specific limits on each side's stock of nuclear weapons.	refimprove section
1982 – The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.	improve citations
Andrew Forsyth \|b\|1858\|	lead too short
George Mikan \|b\|1924\|	7 {cn} tags

Eligible

618 – Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.
860 – Rus' forces sailed into the Bosporus in a fleet of about 200 vessels and started pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople.
1757 – Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up the Siege of Prague and retreat to Saxony.
1815 – War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.
1858 – Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.
1940 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.
1953 – A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
1954 – Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
1967 – American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at the end of a performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in California.
1972 – British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the UK.
1983 – Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.
1983 – Aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman and third one overall in space.
2012 – Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
Born/died: | Rogier van der Weyden |d|1464| Ambrose Philips |d|1749| Lord Castlereagh |b|1769| William Lassell|b|1799| William Cobbett |d|1835| Abdollah Mirza Qajar |d|1846|James Montgomery Flagg |b|1877| Alice T. Schafer |b|1915| Queen Olga of Greece |d|1926| Barack Obama Sr. |b|1934| Gail Godwin|b|1937| Lou Brock|b|1939| Isabella Rossellini |b|1952|Kofoworola Abeni Pratt |d|1992| Michael Hastings |d|2013| Stephanie Kwolek|d|2014|

Notes

Battle of Ligny/Battle of Quatre Bras appear on June 16, so Battle of Waterloo should not appear in the same year
Monterey Pop Festival appears on June 16, so Jimi Hendrix should not appear in the same year
Valentina Tereshkova appears on June 16, so Sally Ride should not appear in the same year
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud appears on June 17, so Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Sultan's father) should not appear in the same year

June 18: Autistic Pride Day

Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon, upper section

1898 – The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon (pictured) was designated a monument historique.
1958 – Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
1994 – The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six.
2009 – NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.

Rogier van der Weyden (d. 1464)
Ambrose Philips (d. 1749)
Lou Brock (b. 1939)
Stephanie Kwolek (d. 2014)

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+* [[618]] – [[Transition from Sui to Tang|Sui–Tang transition]]: Chinese governor [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Li Yuan]] ''(pictured)'' declared himself emperor, establishing the '''[[Tang dynasty]]'''.
+* [[860]] – [[Rus' Khaganate|Rus']] forces sailed into the [[Bosporus]] in a fleet of about 200 vessels and '''[[Siege of Constantinople (860)|started pillaging]]''' the suburbs of [[Constantinople]]<!-- ''(depicted)''-->.
 * [[1757]] – [[Third Silesian War]]: The Austrian victory at the '''[[Battle of Kolín]]''' forced Prussian leader [[Frederick the Great]] to give up the [[Siege of Prague]] and retreat to Saxony.
 * [[1815]] – [[Hundred Days|War of the Seventh Coalition]]: [[Napoleon]] fought and lost his final battle, the '''[[Battle of Waterloo]]''' ''(depicted)'', in present-day Belgium.
+* [[1858]] – [[Charles Darwin]] received [[On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection|a manuscript]] by fellow naturalist '''[[Alfred Russel Wallace]]''' on [[natural selection]], which encouraged him to [[Publication of Darwin's theory|publish his own theory]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> of [[evolution]].
-* [[1898]] – The '''[[Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon]]''' <!-- ''(pictured)''--> was designated a ''[[monument historique]]''.
 * [[1940]] – [[World War II|World War&nbsp;II]]: [[Charles de Gaulle]]<!-- ''(pictured)''--> gave his '''[[Appeal of 18 June|Appeal of 18&nbsp;June]]''' speech, often considered to be the origin of the [[French Resistance]]<!--, and [[Winston Churchill]] urged Britons to fight so that future generations would say, "'''[[This was their finest hour]]'''" (omitted for 2020 because [[We shall fight on the beaches]] was just on)-->.
+* [[1953]] – A [[Douglas C-124 Globemaster&nbsp;II]] aircraft '''[[Tachikawa air disaster|crashed just after takeoff]]''' from [[Tachikawa Airfield|Tachikawa]], Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
 * [[1954]] – [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] led a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the '''[[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état]]'''.
-* [[1958]] – [[Benjamin Britten]]'s one-act opera '''''[[Noye's Fludde]]''''' premiered at the [[Aldeburgh Festival]].
 * [[1967]] – American musician '''[[Jimi Hendrix]]''' burned his guitar on stage at the end of a performance at the [[Monterey International Pop Festival]] in California.
 * [[1972]] – '''[[British European Airways Flight 548|British European Airways Flight&nbsp;548]]''' crashed near [[Staines-upon-Thames]] less than three minutes after departing from [[Heathrow Airport]] in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst [[Aviation accidents and incidents|air accident]] in the UK.
+* [[1983]] – Iranian teenager '''[[Mona Mahmudnizhad]]''' and nine other women were hanged in [[Shiraz]] because of their membership in the [[Baháʼí Faith]].
-* [[1981]] – The '''[[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk|Lockheed {{nowrap|F-117}} Nighthawk]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, the first operational aircraft to be designed around [[stealth technology]], made its maiden flight.
 * [[1983]] – Aboard [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']], astronaut '''[[Sally Ride]]''' became the first American woman and third one overall in space.
-* [[1994]] – [[The Troubles]]: [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] members '''[[Loughinisland massacre|attacked a crowded bar]]''' in [[Loughinisland]], Northern Ireland, with [[assault rifle]]s, killing six.
-* [[2009]] – [[NASA]] launched the '''[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]''', its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.
 * [[2012]] – '''[[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]''' was appointed the [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|crown prince of Saudi Arabia]].
 * Born/died: | '''[[Rogier van der Weyden]]'''<!--Dutch painter--> |d|1464| '''[[Ambrose Philips]]'''<!--English poet--> |d|1749| '''[[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|Lord Castlereagh]]'''<!--Irish/English statesman--> |b|1769| '''[[William Lassell]]'''<!--English astronomer-->|b|1799| '''[[William Cobbett]]'''<!--English politician--> |d|1835| '''[[Abdollah Mirza Qajar]]''' <!--Iranian prince-->|d|1846|'''[[James Montgomery Flagg]]'''<!--American illustrator--> |b|1877| '''[[Alice T. Schafer]]'''<!--American mathematician--> |b|1915| '''[[Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Queen Olga of Greece]]''' |d|1926| '''[[Barack Obama Sr.|Barack Obama&nbsp;Sr.]]'''<!--Kenyan economist--> |b|1934| '''[[Gail Godwin]]'''<!--American writer-->|b|1937|  '''[[Lou Brock]]'''<!--American baseball player-->|b|1939| '''[[Isabella Rossellini]]'''<!--Italian actress--> |b|1952|'''[[Kofoworola Abeni Pratt]]'''<!--Nigerian nurse, female--> |d|1992| '''[[Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings]]'''<!--American journalist--> |d|2013| '''[[Stephanie Kwolek]]'''<!--American chemist-->|d|2014|
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 '''[[June 18]]''': '''[[Autistic Pride Day]]'''
-{{main page image/OTD|File:TangGaozu.jpg|Li Yuan}}
+{{main page image/OTD|File:Bar-le-Duc - Eglise Saint-Etienne - Le Transi -191.jpg|Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon, upper section}}
-* [[618]] – [[Transition from Sui to Tang|Sui–Tang transition]]: Chinese governor [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Li Yuan]] ''(pictured)'' declared himself emperor, establishing the '''[[Tang dynasty]]'''.
+* [[1898]] – The '''[[Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designated a ''[[monument historique]]''.
+* [[1958]] – [[Benjamin Britten]]'s one-act opera '''''[[Noye's Fludde]]''''' premiered at the [[Aldeburgh Festival]].
-* [[860]] – [[Rus' Khaganate|Rus']] forces sailed into the [[Bosporus]] in a fleet of about 200 vessels and '''[[Siege of Constantinople (860)|started pillaging]]''' the suburbs of [[Constantinople]]<!-- ''(depicted)''-->.
+* [[1981]] – The '''[[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk|Lockheed {{nowrap|F-117}} Nighthawk]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, the first operational aircraft to be designed around [[stealth technology]], made its maiden flight.
-* [[1858]] – [[Charles Darwin]] received [[On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection|a manuscript]] by fellow naturalist '''[[Alfred Russel Wallace]]''' on [[natural selection]], which encouraged him to [[Publication of Darwin's theory|publish his own theory]]<!--not bold, refimprove section--> of [[evolution]].
+* [[1994]] – [[The Troubles]]: [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] members '''[[Loughinisland massacre|attacked a crowded bar]]''' in [[Loughinisland]], Northern Ireland, with [[assault rifle]]s, killing six.
-* [[1953]] – A [[Douglas C-124 Globemaster&nbsp;II]] aircraft '''[[Tachikawa air disaster|crashed just after takeoff]]''' from [[Tachikawa Airfield|Tachikawa]], Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
-* [[1983]] – Iranian teenager '''[[Mona Mahmudnizhad]]''' and nine other women were hanged in [[Shiraz]] because of their membership in the [[Baháʼí Faith]].
+* [[2009]] – [[NASA]] launched the '''[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]''', its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.
 {{Born and died list| '''[[Rogier van der Weyden]]'''<!--Dutch painter--> |d|1464| '''[[Ambrose Philips]]'''<!--English poet--> |d|1749| '''[[Lou Brock]]'''<!--American baseball player-->|b|1939| '''[[Stephanie Kwolek]]'''<!--American chemist-->|d|2014|}}
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