Updated June 17, 2012, 2:28 pm
On June 18, 1948, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.
Go to article »On June 18, 1884, Edouard Daladier, the French politician who was a signer of the Munich Pact of 1938, was born. Following his death on Oct. 10, 1970, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1812 The United States declared war against Britain. 1815 British and Prussian troops defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Belgium. 1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. 1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours. 1948 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted the International Declaration of Human Rights. 1948 Columbia Records unveiled its new long-playing, 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record. 1979 President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna. 1983 Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger. 2002 A Palestinian detonated a nail-studded bomb in a Jerusalem bus, killing 19 passengers and himself. 2004 European Union leaders agreed on the first constitution for the bloc’s 25 members. 2006 Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion. Current Birthdays
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Rock musician Paul McCartney turns 70 years old today.
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., turns 75 years old today.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
1939 Lou Brock, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 73 1942 Roger Ebert, Movie critic, turns 70 1950 Mike Johanns, U.S. senator, R-Neb., turns 62 1952 Carol Kane, Actress, turns 60 1952 Isabella Rossellini, Actress, turns 60 1961 Alison Moyet, Rock singer, turns 51 1963 Bruce Smith, Football Hall of Famer, turns 49 1976 Alana de la Garza, Actress (“Law and Order”), turns 36 1980 Antonio Gates, Football player, turns 32
Historic Birthdays
Edouard Daladier 6/18/1884 – 10/10/1970 French premier; signed the Munich Pact in 1938.Go to obituary »
80 Bartolommeo Ammannati 6/18/1511 – 4/22/1592
Italian sculptor and architect55 Feofan Prokopovich 6/18/1681 – 9/19/1736
Russian Orthodox archbishop; important ally of Peter the Great81 William Lassell 6/18/1799 – 10/5/1880
English astronomer71 Edward Wyllis Scripps 6/18/1854 – 3/12/1926
American newspaper publisher72 Henry Clay Folger 6/18/1857 – 6/11/1930
American industrialist and philanthropist69 Nicolae Iorga 6/18/1871 – 11/28/1940
Romanian scholar, statesman and historian82 James Montgomery Flagg 6/18/1877 – 5/27/1960
American illustrator and poster artist53 Philip Barry 6/18/1896 – 12/3/1949
American dramatist17 Anastasia 6/18/1901 – 7/17/1918
Russian daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
Igor Stravinsky 6/17/1882 – 4/6/1971 Russian-born American composer
