A bit of June 18th history…
1812 - War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1815 - Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher
1873 - Susan B Anthony fined $100 for voting for US President
1928 - American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across Atlantic Ocean, landing in Wales
1967 - Closing day of Monterey International Pop Festival in CA; 1st major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The WHO, and Otis Redding
1968 - Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale or rental of property
1983 - Challenger 2 launches 1st American woman, Sally Ride, into space
2003 - Google launches AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads targeted to their specific content
2018 - President Trump orders military to set up 6th branch - Space Force
2019 - China has been forcefully harvesting organs from marginalized groups in prison camps on a significant scale according to International Tribunal in London
Today In History: June 18