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June 18, 2000 100th U.S. Golf Open: at Pebble Beach Golf Links California June 18, 1995 95th U.S. Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY June 18, 1995 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament June 18, 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) June 18, 1994 Gay Games open in New York City June 18, 1994 U.S. ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup June 18, 1993 Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games June 18, 1993 Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England June 18, 1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr June 18, 1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft June 18, 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft June 18, 1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S. June 18, 1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80 June 18, 1991 San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated June 18, 1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays June 18, 1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R.-4 Cameroon-0 June 18, 1990 1st sudden death U.S. Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin June 18, 1989 "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City after 60 performances June 18, 1989 89th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC New York June 18, 1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion June 18, 1989 John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo June 18, 1989 Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open June 18, 1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run June 18, 1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon June 18, 1986 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon June 18, 1986 De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25 June 18, 1986 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games June 18, 1986 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55) June 18, 1986 Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs vs. Gibraltar, ICC Trophy June 18, 1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs June 18, 1984 84th U.S. Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot GC NY June 18, 1983 "Pump Boys and Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 573 performances June 18, 1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st U.S. woman June 18, 1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in New York City June 18, 1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations June 18, 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote June 18, 1981 Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss June 18, 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court June 18, 1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, vs. England at Trent Bridge June 18, 1981 Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced June 18, 1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres June 18, 1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa June 18, 1980 Mrs. Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec June 18, 1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon June 18, 1979 President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty June 18, 1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset June 18, 1978 78th U.S. Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver June 18, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic June 18, 1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election June 18, 1977 Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation June 18, 1977 Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub June 18, 1977 Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747 June 18, 1976 Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds June 18, 1976 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs June 18, 1976 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees June 18, 1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers June 18, 1975 Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi vs. England June 18, 1975 NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio June 18, 1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government June 18, 1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants June 18, 1972 72nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach California June 18, 1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 June 18, 1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship June 18, 1972 U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws June 18, 1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing June 18, 1967 67th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ June 18, 1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0 June 18, 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California June 18, 1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open June 18, 1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar June 18, 1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school June 18, 1961 CBS radio cancels "Gunsmoke" June 18, 1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting June 18, 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open June 18, 1960 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 472 performances June 18, 1960 60th U.S. Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver June 18, 1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) June 18, 1960 Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1 June 18, 1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to U.S. June 18, 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada June 18, 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal June 18, 1955 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 85 performances June 18, 1954 Pierre Mendes-France forms French government June 18, 1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president June 18, 1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen June 18, 1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3 June 18, 1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election June 18, 1950 Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2 June 18, 1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances June 18, 1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights June 18, 1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time June 18, 1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates June 18, 1948 U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights June 18, 1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 June 18, 1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason June 18, 1944 Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris June 18, 1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau June 18, 1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m June 18, 1941 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title June 18, 1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany June 18, 1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers June 18, 1940 German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs and chickens June 18, 1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" June 18, 1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season June 18, 1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin June 18, 1936 Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power June 18, 1934 U.S. Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized June 18, 1928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean June 18, 1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6 June 18, 1926 Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover June 18, 1924 Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque June 18, 1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3 June 18, 1915 21st U.S. Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ June 18, 1914 Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km) June 18, 1910 16th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA June 18, 1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women June 18, 1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in San Francisco; arrives New York 3-months later June 18, 1900 Empress Douairiere orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners June 18, 1900 Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy June 18, 1898 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey June 18, 1898 4th U.S. Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass June 18, 1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate June 18, 1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii June 18, 1879 W. H. Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage June 18, 1873 Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President June 18, 1872 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall June 18, 1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults June 18, 1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg June 18, 1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia June 18, 1837 Spain gets new Constitution June 18, 1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined June 18, 1821 Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin) June 18, 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Blucher June 18, 1812 War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain June 18, 1779 French fleet occupies St. Vincent June 18, 1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila June 18, 1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia June 18, 1682 William Penn founds Philadelphia June 18, 1643 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies June 18, 1639 Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war June 18, 1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape June 18, 1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds June 18, 1580 States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship June 18, 1574 Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland June 18, 1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland June 18, 1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I June 18, 1529 Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII and Catharina of Aragon June 18, 1316 Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns June 18, 1178 Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno June 18, 1178 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation) June 18, 1155 Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor June 18, 860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople |