Portal:United States/Anniversaries/June/June 18
- 1812 – The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom, beginning the War of 1812.
- 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1979 – The SALT II treaty is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. It is the first nuclear arms treaty which produced real reductions in weapon and delivery mechanism stocks by both parties.
- 1981 – A disease cluster, which will later be known as AIDS, is recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
- 1983 – Astronaut Sally Ride (pictured), a crew member in the STS-7 shuttle mission, becomes the first American woman in space.
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Events
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1923 – Checker Cab puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic).
- 1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute held.
- 1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near Tokyo, Japan killing 129.
- 1959 – Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B–52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
- 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1981 – The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
- 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.