On This Day for June 18 - War of 1812 begun, Sir Paul McCartney is featured, and more

Created: 2020-06-18 10:03 Updated: 2020-06-18 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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June 18

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Sir Paul McCartney

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1812

War of 1812 begun

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2006: Prelate Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, becoming the first woman chosen as a churchwide leader in the 400-year history of the Anglican Communion. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about world religions.]

1983: The first American woman to fly into outer space, Sally Ride, was launched with four other astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger. [ Test your knowledge of space exploration.]

1979: The SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) II treaty was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev .

1940: Broadcasting from London after France fell to the Nazis, French General Charles de Gaulle appealed to his compatriots to continue World War II under his leadership. [ Sort fact from fiction in our World War II quiz.]

1886: British explorer and mountaineer George Mallory, whose disappearance on Mount Everest in 1924 became one of the most-celebrated mysteries of the 20th century, was born in Mobberley, Cheshire. [ Take our quiz about Mount Everest.]

1815: Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo, ending 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and the other powers of Europe. [Test your knowledge of French history.]

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1942

Paul McCartney
British musician

1976

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1942

Roger Ebert
American film critic

1901

Anastasia
Russian grand duchess

1886

George Mallory
British explorer and mountaineer