June 18
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1981
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
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Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
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Space Shuttle program: STS-7, astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
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Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran, over her religious beliefs.
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A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
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The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
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Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.
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The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched.
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The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire kills nine firefighters in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
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Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, implodes in the North Atlantic Ocean while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, including OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush.
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2005Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and filmmaker
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2004Gabi Moura, Brazilian influencer
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2001Evan Mobley, American basketball player
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1999Choi Ye-won, South Korean singer and actress
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1999Trippie Redd, American rapper
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1997Katharina Hobgarski, German tennis player
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1997Latrell Mitchell, Australian rugby league player
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1996Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
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1996Niki Wories, Dutch figure skater
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1995Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater
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1994Sean McMahon, Australian rugby player
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1994Takeoff, American rapper (died 2022)
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