Also on June 18
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: رأس السنة الهجرية (يوم تعويضي تقديري) (EG)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 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.... ↗
- 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... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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