Sunday, June 18, 2000
History today -- 12:22 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1778: American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War.
- 1812: The United States declared war on Britain.
- 1815: British and Prussian troops defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Belgium.
- 1873: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. (The fine was never paid.)
- 1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, completing a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
- 1940: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to behave in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, "This was their finest hour."
- 1948: The U. N. Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1979: President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.
- 1983: Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space, blasting off with four colleagues aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
- 1985: VisiCalc, the most popular spreadsheet for the Apple computer, was discontinued by Lotus Development Corp.
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