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Historical Events on June 18

  • Ali

    656

    Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate

  • Philadelphia

    1778

    American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    1815

    Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

  • Algeria

    1830

    French invasion of Algeria.

  • Charles Darwin

    1858

    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.

  • United States presidential election, 1872

    1873

    Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

  • Amelia Earhart

    1928

    Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).

  • LP record

    1948

    Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

  • 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

    1954

    Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

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