TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JUNE 18 2019
618 Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty’s rule over China
1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons. The premium was œ383
1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila
1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher
1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1940 A speech by Charles de Gaulle sparks the French Resistance to German occupation
1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
1948 The LP record is introduced
1948 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly would give it final approval on Dec. 10, 1948.
1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
1976 NBA & ABA agree to merge
1979 Leonid Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter sign SALT II- The second “Strategic Arms Limitation Talks” (SALT) agreement was a ground-breaking arms reduction treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States.
1980 “Blues Brothers” with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premiers
1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on high court)
1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.
2003 More than 100 People are killed when an explosion on a vandalized pipeline is ignited by a spark from a passing motorcycle in the village of Amaokwe Oghughe.
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