Vera Lynn

June 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1983Mona Mahmudnizhad
2. 1984Battle of Orgreave
3. 1994The Troubles
4. 1998Propair Flight 420
5. 2006Kazakhstan
6. 2007Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
7. 2009Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
8. 2012Salman of Saudi Arabia
9. 20182018 Osaka earthquake
10. 2020Vera Lynn
11. 2023Titan (submersible)

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• August 102020 Midwest derechoDerecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
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