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June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining.
Events
1100-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
- 2001 - Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
Births
1700-1899
1900-1959
- 1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia, Russian royal (d. 1918)
- 1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, actress, singer (d. 1965)
- 1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
- 1904 - Keye Luke, actor (d. 1991)
- 1908 - Bud Collyer, game show host (d. 1969)
- 1909 - Willi Kramp, writer (d. 1986)
- 1910 - E.G. Marshall, actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Sammy Cahn, composer (d. 1993)
- 1915 - Red Adair, American oil well firefighter (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Richard Bopone, actor (d. 1981)
- 1918 - Jerome Karle, Nobel-winning crystallographer
- 1918 - Franco Modigliani, economist (d. 2003)
- 1924 - George Mikan, basketball star
- 1929 - Jürgen Habermas, sociologist and philosopher
- 1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, ex-president of Brazil
- 1935 - John Spencer, English snooker player
- 1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1937 - Gail Godwin, author
- 1937 - Vitali Zholobov, cosmonaut
- 1939 - Lou Brock, baseball star
- 1942 - Roger Ebert, film reviewer
- 1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, singer, bassist, pianist, guitarist for The Beatles and Wings
- 1942 - Hans Vonk, conductor (d. 2004)
- 1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator
1950-1999
Deaths
1200-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
Autistic Pride Day, beginning in 2005
June 17 - June 19 - May 18 - July 18 -- listing of all days - June 18 recordings of popular music
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