June 18 birthdays & history

Famous people born on June 18

• 1942Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland
• 1929Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
• 1942Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter
• 1812Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author
• 1845Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1989Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer
• 1952Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1918Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager

What happened on June 18

• 618Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.
• 1858Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.
• 1859First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
• 1873Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• 1887The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 1898The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon in Bar-le-Duc, France, was designated a monument historique.
• 1908Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 1908The University of the Philippines is established.
• 1928Aviator 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).
• 1948Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• 1958English composer Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
• 2012Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

Also observed on June 18

• Autistic Pride Day (International)
• Foundation Day (Benguet)
• Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)
• National Day (Seychelles)
• Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia)
• Waterloo Day (United Kingdom)