18 JUNE

Posted on Monday 18 June 2007

1812: The USA declares war on the UK

1815: Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo [game]

1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote, but she refuses to pay [”Conceded, that on the 5th day of November, 1872, Miss Susan B. Anthony was a woman.”]

1928: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

1942: Paul McCartney is born [64] [vids: Cavern]

1983: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space

2001: CNN reports that a “mass mooning” has occurred opposite George Bush’s hotel in Sweden


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