Interesting things that happened June 18th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator, best known for his "I want
you"
Uncle Sam recruiting poster
In 1901 Jeanette MacDonald, singing actor ('When I'm calling you...')
In 1910 E. G. Marshall, actor (12 Angry Men, The Defenders, Nixon)
In 1913 Sylvia ****ter, financial writer
In 1926 Tom Wicker, columnist
In 1929 Eva Bartok (Budapest, Hungry), actor (Break in the Circle)
In 1939 Lou Brock, baseball player (Cubs, Cardinals)
In 1942 Paul McCartney, musician (Beatles, Wings)
In 1947 Linda Thorson (in Canada), actor (The Avengers, Sweet Liberty)
In 1952 Isabella Rossellini, actor (Blue Velvet, Big Night, Cousins)
+ Carol Kane (in Cleveland, OH), actor (Taxi, Princess Bride)
Events worth noting:
In 1583 Richard Martin of London takes out the first life insurance
policy,
on William Gibbons. The premium is 383 pounds.
In 1778 British Redcoats withdraw from Philadelphia; Yanks enter.
In 1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.
In 1815 Battle of Waterloo -- British and Prussians defeat Napoleon.
In 1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg.
In 1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends four days of assaults.
In 1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall.
In 1873 Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for
President.
In 1892 Macademia nuts first planted in Hawaii.
In 1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3.
In 1928 Amelia Earhart is 1st female passenger to cross the Atlantic by
airplane, after a 21 hour flight with Bill Stutz and Lou Gordon.
In 1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized.
In 1940 Winston Churchill urged perseverance so that future generations
would remember that "this was their finest hour."
In 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw), British radio traitor, charged
with
treason against the Crown.
In 1948 International Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the
United
Nations Commission on Human Rights.
In 1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic.
+ Eugene Stephens gets 3 hits as Red Sox score 17 runs in 7th
inning.
In 1959 First telecast transmitted from England to U.S.
In 1972 118 die in crash of British European Airways jet.
In 1975 Saudi Prince Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz beheaded in Riyadh
shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king.
In 1977 Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dugout altercation
+ Space Shuttle test model the "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft
for
the first time. It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747.
In 1979 Billy Martin replaces Bob Lemon as Yankee manager (second time).
In 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires. (replaced by
Sandra
Day O'Connor first woman on the high court).
In 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote.
In 1983 7th Shuttle Mission (Challenger 2) launched. Sally Ride is the
first U.S. woman in space.
In 1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over the Grand Canyon.
And remember ...
National Adopt-a-Cat Month
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
Effective Communications Month
Learn French Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Candy Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month
National Soul Food Month
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