Public Holidays on June 18

• 🌍 رأس السنة الهجرية (يوم تعويضي تقديري) (Egypt)

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On This Day in History — June 18

• 2009 — The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
• 2007 — The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
• 2006 — The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
• 1994 — The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people...
• 1984 — A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-85 UK miners' strike.
• 1983 — Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

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Notable Births on June 18

• 1997 — Katharina Hobgarski, German tennis player
• 1997 — Latrell Mitchell, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 — Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
• 1996 — Niki Wories, Dutch figure skater
• 1995 — Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater
• 1994 — Sean McMahon, Australian rugby player

Notable Deaths on June 18

• 2016 — Jeppiaar, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Danny Villanueva, American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision (b. 1937)
• 2015 — Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (b. 1937)
• 2014 — Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)

Public Holidays on June 19

• 🇺🇸 Juneteenth National Independence Day
• 🌍 Dragon Boat Festival (China, Hong Kong)
• 🌍 Midsummer Eve (Finland, Sweden)
• 🌍 端午節 (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
• 🌍 Juhannusaatto (Finland)
• 🌍 端午节 (China)

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On This Day in History — June 19

• 2012 — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• 2009 — Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
• 2009 — War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
• 2007 — The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
• 1991 — The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
• 1990 — The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.

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Notable Births on June 19

• 1992 — C. J. Mosley, American football player
• 1990 — Moa Hjelmer, Swedish sprinter
• 1990 — Xavier Rhodes, American football player
• 1988 — Jacob deGrom, American baseball player
• 1987 — Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
• 1987 — Mutsumi Tamura, Japanese voice actress

Notable Deaths on June 19

• 2017 — Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (b. 1994)
• 2016 — Anton Yelchin, American actor (b. 1989)
• 2015 — Earl Norem, American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2015 — James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (b. 1915)
• 2014 — Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (b. 1939)