Historical Events In June - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1960 On this day in history "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs
1961 On June - 18 cBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
1962 On June - 18 volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school on June - 18.
1963 On this day in history 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
1964 On June - 18 african Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
1964 On this day in history alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
1965 George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history 67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1968 On June - 18 supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing
1972 On this day in history bEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants on June - 18.
1973 Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king on this day in history.
1977 On June - 18 billy Martin &Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
1977 On this day in history space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for first time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
1980 On June - 18 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd &John Belushi premiers
1980 On this day in history c Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline on this day in history.
1980 On June - 18 mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1982 On this day in history curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride first US woman on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history iRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
1983 Sally Ride becomes the first U.S. woman in space on June - 18.
1983 On June - 18 sally Ride becomes the first US woman in space onboard the space shuttle.
1984 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541 on June - 18.
1984 Alan Berg, American radio talk show host on June - 18.
1986 On June - 18 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
1987 Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion on June - 18.
1990 On this day in history dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
1991 On this day in history pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
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