June 18
1778 - American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War.
1812 - The War of 1812 between the United States and Britain began as Congress approved and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war.
1815 - Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium by British, German and Dutch forces.
1873 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, completing the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
1940 - During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, “This was their finest hour.”
1948 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights; the General Assembly was give its final approval on December 10, 1948.
1971 - Southwest Airlines began operations, with flights between Dallas and San Antonio, and Dallas and Houston.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
1983 - Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space, blasting off on a six-day mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1986 - Twenty-five people were killed when a twin-engine plane and helicopter carrying sightseers collided over the Grand Canyon.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Georgia v. McCollum that criminal defendants could not use race as a basis for excluding potential jurors from their trials.
2010 - Death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner died in a barrage of bullets as Utah carried out its first firing squad execution in 14 years. (Gardner had been sentenced to death for fatally shooting attorney Michael Burdell during a failed escape attempt from a Salt Lake City courthouse.)
2011 - Clarence Clemons, the saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen’s life and music, died in Florida at age 69.
2018 - President Donald Trump announced that he was directing the Pentagon to create the “Space Force” as an independent service branch.
2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants.
Birthdays
21 - Bailey Bass (actress)
33 - Willa Holland (actress)
34 - Monica Barbaro (actress)
34 - Jacob Anderson (actor)
35 - Renee Olstead (actress)
38 - Richard Madden (actor)
44 - David Giuntoli (actor)
48 - Blake Shelton (singer)
48 - Alana de la Garza (actress)
53 - Mara Hobel (actress)
58 - Kurt Browning (figure skater)
63 - Alison Moyet (singer)
72 - Carol Kane (actress)
72 - Isabella Rossellini (actress)
77 - Linda Thorson (actress)
77 - Constance McCashin (actress)
82 - Paul McCartney (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 18
1911 - After having trailed 13-1, the Detroit Tigers complete the largest comeback in MLB history with a 16-15 win over the Chicago White Sox.
1953 - Seventeen major league baseball records were tied or broken in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
1960 - Tom Sheehan (San Francisco Giants) became the oldest first-time manager in major league baseball. Sheehan was 66 years, 2 months and 18 days old.
1960 - Arnold Palmer stages the greatest comeback in U.S. Open history, erasing a 7-stroke deficit to win by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus wins his third U.S. Open.
1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust laws.
1975 - Fred Lynn (Boston Red Sox) hit three home runs, a triple and a single in a game against the Detroit Tigers. He collected 10 RBIs.
1986 - Don Sutton of the California Angels wins his 300th game in major league baseball.
1989 - Curtis Strange becomes the first golfer to win back-to-back U.S. Open titles since Ben Hogan in 1950 and 1951.
1995 - Norway defeats Germany 2-0 to win the women's World Cup.
2000 - Tiger Woods wins his first U.S. Open by a major record 15 strokes over runners-up Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
2003 - Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby, who broke the American League's color barrier in 1947, died at age 79.
2012 - Former baseball star Roger Clemens was acquitted in Washington, D.C. on all charges that he’d obstructed and lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.
1778 - American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War.
1812 - The War of 1812 between the United States and Britain began as Congress approved and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war.
1815 - Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium by British, German and Dutch forces.
1873 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, completing the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
1940 - During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, “This was their finest hour.”
1948 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights; the General Assembly was give its final approval on December 10, 1948.
1971 - Southwest Airlines began operations, with flights between Dallas and San Antonio, and Dallas and Houston.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
1983 - Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space, blasting off on a six-day mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1986 - Twenty-five people were killed when a twin-engine plane and helicopter carrying sightseers collided over the Grand Canyon.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Georgia v. McCollum that criminal defendants could not use race as a basis for excluding potential jurors from their trials.
2010 - Death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner died in a barrage of bullets as Utah carried out its first firing squad execution in 14 years. (Gardner had been sentenced to death for fatally shooting attorney Michael Burdell during a failed escape attempt from a Salt Lake City courthouse.)
2011 - Clarence Clemons, the saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen’s life and music, died in Florida at age 69.
2018 - President Donald Trump announced that he was directing the Pentagon to create the “Space Force” as an independent service branch.
2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants.
Birthdays
21 - Bailey Bass (actress)
33 - Willa Holland (actress)
34 - Monica Barbaro (actress)
34 - Jacob Anderson (actor)
35 - Renee Olstead (actress)
38 - Richard Madden (actor)
44 - David Giuntoli (actor)
48 - Blake Shelton (singer)
48 - Alana de la Garza (actress)
53 - Mara Hobel (actress)
58 - Kurt Browning (figure skater)
63 - Alison Moyet (singer)
72 - Carol Kane (actress)
72 - Isabella Rossellini (actress)
77 - Linda Thorson (actress)
77 - Constance McCashin (actress)
82 - Paul McCartney (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 18
1911 - After having trailed 13-1, the Detroit Tigers complete the largest comeback in MLB history with a 16-15 win over the Chicago White Sox.
1953 - Seventeen major league baseball records were tied or broken in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
1960 - Tom Sheehan (San Francisco Giants) became the oldest first-time manager in major league baseball. Sheehan was 66 years, 2 months and 18 days old.
1960 - Arnold Palmer stages the greatest comeback in U.S. Open history, erasing a 7-stroke deficit to win by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus wins his third U.S. Open.
1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust laws.
1975 - Fred Lynn (Boston Red Sox) hit three home runs, a triple and a single in a game against the Detroit Tigers. He collected 10 RBIs.
1986 - Don Sutton of the California Angels wins his 300th game in major league baseball.
1989 - Curtis Strange becomes the first golfer to win back-to-back U.S. Open titles since Ben Hogan in 1950 and 1951.
1995 - Norway defeats Germany 2-0 to win the women's World Cup.
2000 - Tiger Woods wins his first U.S. Open by a major record 15 strokes over runners-up Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
2003 - Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby, who broke the American League's color barrier in 1947, died at age 79.
2012 - Former baseball star Roger Clemens was acquitted in Washington, D.C. on all charges that he’d obstructed and lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.
