June 18 Traditional Cache
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This continues the “This Day in History” calendar series. Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible! Thank you!
June 18th:
According to Wikipedia and other sources, on June 18th:
1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
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.
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter is born (d. 2013).
1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, and The Fireman) is born.
1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1986 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American writer and journalist (b. 1921) dies.
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
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