Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon

June 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1898Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon
2. 1983Mona Mahmudnizhad
3. 1984Battle of Orgreave
4. 1994The Troubles
5. 1998Propair Flight 420
6. 2006Kazakhstan
7. 2007Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
8. 2009Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
9. 2012Salman of Saudi Arabia
10. 20182018 Osaka earthquake
11. 2023Titan (submersible)

Also in 1898

• July 25Spanish–American WarSpanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
• December 26French Academy of SciencesAt the French Academy of Sciences, physicists Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.
• March 24Winton Motor Carriage CompanyThe Winton Motor Carriage Company (ad pictured), one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.
• November 10White supremacyWhite supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre,(newspaper headline depicted) the only insta…
• November 3Fashoda IncidentThe Fashoda Incident ended with French forces withdrawing after several months of military stalemate with the British in Fashoda (now in…
• October 12Statue of Austin BlairA statue of Austin Blair (pictured) was dedicated in a ceremony that attracted up to 30,000 people to Lansing, Michigan.
• August 23Southern Cross ExpeditionThe Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.
• July 7William McKinleyUS president William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

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