June 18th:
A very special happy birthday to my Uncle Chris. He’s been through so much in life, but he keeps such a positive attitude. I love him and hope he has a special day.
1928- American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean landing at Burry Port, Wales
1812- War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1541- Irish parliament selects Henry VIII of England as King of Ireland
1682- William Penn founds Philadelphia, US
1847- American photographer Thomas Martin Easterly takes the earliest known photograph of lightning using the daguerreotype process in St. Louis, Missouri
1864- Battle of Petersburg: Ulysses S. Grant ends four days of assaults and begins a nine-month siege
1873- Susan B. Anthony fined $100 ($2,200 in 2020 value) for voting for US President in Rochester, New York; she refused t pay and no further action against her was taken
1892- Macadamia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1938- Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth is signed as a Brooklyn Dodgers coach for the remainder of the season
1945- William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) charged with treason
1963- 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
1967- Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California. First major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding
My source and more facts at On This Day
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