June 18 is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by the British and Prussian armies at the Battle of Waterloo. The defeat put an end to the 23-year war between France and the European states. Napoleon abdicated for the second time on 22 June.
1847 – Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt gave a concert to Sultan Abdülmecit in the palace.
1873 - Women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony is fined $1872 for attempting to vote in the 100 US Presidential election.
1881 - The Three Emperors League was renewed, this time in writing.
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk issued a circular on the unification of the Anatolian and Rumelian National Organization.
1922 – Ziya Gökalp started publishing the “Little Magazine” in Diyarbakır.
1927 – The Law on Civil Procedure was passed.
1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane.
1939 – Bursa and Mersin electricity facilities were nationalized.
1940 – II. World War II: The Soviet Union begins invading the Baltic states.
1941 – The Turkish-German Non-Aggression Treaty was signed.
1948 – The International Declaration of Human Rights was prepared by the UN Human Rights Commission. It was adopted by voting at the General Assembly meeting held in Paris on 10 December 1948.
1953 – With the end of 74 years of British rule in Egypt, the Republic is proclaimed.
1979 - Soviet Union President Leonid Brezhnev and United States President Jimmy Carter sign the SALT II agreement on strategic arms limitation in Vienna.
1982 – 12th execution of the September 18 Coup: Ednan Kavaklı, who raped and killed a 20-year-old boy named Tuncay Abbas on 1976 June 16, was executed.
1988 – Prime Minister Turgut Özal was wounded in the hand in the armed attack of Kartal Demirağ at the ANAP Grand Congress held in Ankara Atatürk Sports Hall.
1992 – Croatian Defense Council Troops (HVO) begin to occupy Mostar.
1992 – The “Green Card” application, which will be given to low-income people who will benefit from health services free of charge, was accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
1993 – President of Azerbaijan Ebulfez Elchibey left Baku. Heydar Aliyev became the President of Azerbaijan.
1995 – Chechen leader Shamil Basayev raided the city hospital of Budyonnovsk; He took over 1000 Russians hostage. Thus, Russia accepted their demands to stop the war and start negotiations.
1997 – Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan submitted the resignation of the RP-DYP coalition Government, also known as REFAHYOL, to President Süleyman Demirel.
2022 – Lightning strikes and landslides caused by severe monsoon storms in India and Bangladesh kill 207 people.

Births

1332 – John V, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1391)
1511 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
1517 – Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan in traditional succession (d. 1593)
1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (d. 1833)
1799 – William Lassell, English merchant and astronomer (d. 1880)
1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author (d. 1891)
1833 - Manuel del Refugio González Flores, Mexican military general and liberal politician (d. 1893)
1840 – Frances Ann Stewart, Australian-born New Zealand activist (d. 1916)
1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician (d. 1922)
1868 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian soldier and politician (d. 1957)
1882 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician (d. 1949)
1884 – Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970)
1886 George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
1901 - Anastasiya Nikolayevna Romanova, Czar of the Russian Empire II. Youngest daughter of Nikolai and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna (d. 1918)
1907 – Frithjof Schuon, founder of the Traditionalism movement, metaphysician, painter, poet, writer and Sufi leader (d. 1998)
1913 - Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (d. 2008)
1918 – Jerome Karle, American chemist (d. 2013)
1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1920 – Lode Van Den Bergh, Belgian author and educator (d. 2020)
1924 – George Mikan, American professional basketball player (d. 2005)
1926 – Philip B. Crosby, American quality expert (d. 2001)
1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher, sociologist, and political scientist
1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist and politician
1932 - Dudley Herschbach, American chemist
1933 – Nusret Pezeşkiyan, Iranian neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 2010)
1936 – Denny Hulme, former Formula 1 driver from New Zealand (d. 1992)
1936 – Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese teacher and politician
1937 - Vitali Jolobov, Soviet cosmonaut
1937 - Jay Rockefeller, is an American politician
1937 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian academic, archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian
1940 – Mirjam Pressler, German novelist and translator (d. 2019)
1941 – Tekin Aral, Turkish cartoonist (d. 1999)
1941 – Roger Lemerre, French football player and manager
1942 – Roger Ebert, American film critic and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer and member of The Beatles
1942 – Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, former President of the Republic of South Africa
1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer and actress
1944 – Salvador Sánchez Cerén, El Salvadorian Politician
1944 – Ömer Kavur, Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian former football player and manager
1947 – Hanns Zischler, German actor
1948 – İlhan Şeşen, Turkish musician and actor
1949 – Peggy Lukac, US-born German actress
1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish politician and Prime Minister
1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish politician and President (d. 2010)
1952 Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
1958 – Mazlum Çimen, Turkish composer, violinist, ballet dancer and actor
1959 – Aline Kiner, French journalist and novelist (d. 2019)
1964 – Hüseyin Köroğlu, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actor
1964 – Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
1972 – Anu Tali, Estonian conductor
1974 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor
1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian former international football player and manager
1976 - Alana de la Garza, American actress
1976 – Bilgehan Demir, Turkish sports announcer, journalist and producer
1976 – Maxim Galkin, Russian theater, cinema, TV series actor and presenter
1976 – Blake Shelton, American country music musician, singer, and songwriter
1977 – Kaja Kallas, Estonian Politician
1978 – Sarah Adler, French actress
1981 – Marco Streller, Swiss former football player
1982 – Nadir Belhadj, Algerian football player
1982 – Marco Borriello, Italian football player
1985 – Matías Abeliiras, Argentine football player
1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
1986 – Richard Madden, Scottish actor
1986 – Meaghan Rath, Canadian film and television series actress
1987 – Omar Arellano, Mexican football player
1987 – Ezgi Asaroğlu, Turkish actress
1988 – Islam Slimani, Algerian national football player
1989 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese national football player
1991 - Willa Holland, American actress and model
1994
- Shion Niwa, Japanese football player
- Miran Kibe, Japanese football player
- Takuya Iwanami, Japanese football player
- Andrew Rowsey, American basketball player
1997 – Amine Harit, French-born Moroccan national football player

Deaths

741 – III. Leon, Byzantine Emperor (b. 685)
1164 – Elisabet of Schönau, German Benedictine nun and visionary (b. 1129)
1234 – Chūkyō, 85th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (b. 1218)
1464 – Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399)
1864 – Giovanni Battista Bugatti, executioner and executioner of the Papal States (b. 1779)
1902 – Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835)
1917 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian academic, lawyer, literary critic, aesthetician, philosopher, children's educator, politician, and writer (b. 1840)
1922 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851)
1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
1936 – Maxim Gorky, Soviet-Russian writer (b. 1868)
1937 – Gaston Doumergue, French statesman (b. 1863)
1957 – Necip Akar, Turkish pharmacist and industrialist (producer of Gripin) (b. 1904)
1959 – Ethel Barrymore, American film and stage actress (b. 1879)
1959 – Nijat Sirel, Turkish sculptor (b. 1898)
1964 – Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)
1968 – Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Heer general during Nazi Germany (b. 1885)
1971 – Paul Karrer, Swiss organic chemist (b. 1889)
1973 – Roger Delgado, English actor (b. 1918)
1974 – Georgi Zhukov, Soviet marshal (b. 1896)
1975 – Hugo Bergmann, Israeli philosopher (b. 1883)
1980 – Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
1980 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (b. 1896)
1982 – Curd Jürgens, German actor (b. 1915)
1982 – Djuna Barnes, American modernist writer (b. 1892)
1982 – John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
1983 – Muna Mahmudnizad, Iranian Baha'i hanged in Iran (b. 1965)
1997 – Héctor Yazalde, Argentinean former international football player (b. 1946)
1999 – Ali Tantavi, Syrian scientist (b. 1909)
2005 – Nuri İyem, Turkish painter (b. 1915)
2006 – Vincent Sherman, American film director (b. 1906)
2007 – Vilma Espín, Cuban revolutionary, feminist and chemical engineer (b. 1930)
2008 – Jean Delannoy, French screenwriter and filmmaker (b. 1908)
2010 – Michael Verdi, American professional wrestler (b. 1980)
2010 – José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
2010 – Okan Demiriş, Turkish composer and conductor (b. 1942)
2010 – Mubariz Ibrahimov, soldier of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces, national hero of Azerbaijan (b. 1988)
2011 – Clarence Clemons, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
2013 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (b. 1980)
2014 – Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist (b. 1923)
2016 – Paul Cox, Dutch-Australian screenwriter and filmmaker (b. 1940)
2016 – Sverre Kjelsberg, Norwegian singer, guitarist, bassist, composer and songwriter (b. 1946)
2017 – Hans Breder, German-American artist (b. 1935)
2017 – Pierluigi Chicca, Italian fencer (b. 1937)
2018 – Walter Bahr, American retired football player (b. 1927)
2018 – Leon Allen White (known as Big Van Vader) American professional wrestler and former American Football player (b. 1955)
2018 – XXXTentacion, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1998)
2019 – Stephen Blaire, US bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1941)
2020 – Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1972)
2020 – Mikhail Ignatyev, Chuvash politician who served as President of the Chuvash Republic from 2010 to 2020 (b. 1962)
2020 – Dame Vera Lynn, English singer and actress (b. 1917)
2021 – Lamia Abbas Amara, Iraqi poet and educator (b. 1929)
2021 – Giampiero Boniperti, former Italian football player (b. 1928)
2021 – Emma Roca Rodríguez, Spanish skier and long-distance runner of Catalan descent (b. 1973)
2021 – Milkha Singh, Indian sprinter and hurdler (b. 1929)
2022 – Constantin Eftimescu, Romanian football player (b. 1952)
2022 – Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Danish liberal politician (b. 1941)
2022 – Mark Shields, American political commentator, journalist, and columnist (b. 1937)
2022 – Ilka Soares, Brazilian actress and model (b. 1932)

Holidays and special occasions

Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia)