Historical Events In June - 18
Friday, 29 March 2024
1960 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs on June - 18.
1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke on this day in history.
1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 on June - 18.
1963 On June - 18 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school
1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school on this day in history.
1964 On June - 18 african Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
1964 On June - 18 alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
1965 George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1967 67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ on this day in history.
1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66 on June - 18.
1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing on this day in history.
1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 on this day in history.
1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
1974 On June - 18 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 Billy Martin &Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation on June - 18.
1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for first time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747 on June - 18.
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 June - 18.
1980 On June - 18 mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1982 On June - 18 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 June - 18.
1983 On June - 18 iRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
1983 On June - 18 sally Ride becomes the first U.S. woman in space.
1983 On this day in history sally Ride becomes the first US woman in space onboard the space shuttle.
1984 On June - 18 perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
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 On June - 18 bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
1989 On June - 18 comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
1990 On this day in history dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
1991 Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died on June - 18.
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