June 18
1812 - The Untied States declared war on 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 its 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 Katherine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion.
2011 - Saxophone player Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band died at age 69.
Birthdays
26 - Renee Olstead (actress)
28 - Melanie Iglesias (model)
35 - Antonio Gates (football player)
39 - Blake Shelton (country singer)
63 - Isabella Rossellini (actress)
63 - Carol Kane (actress)
73 - Paul McCartney (rock singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 18
1915 - Jerry Travers became the second amateur golfer in three years to win the U.S. Open.
1953 - Seventeen major league records were tied or broken in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The game saw the Red Sox send 23 batters to the plate in the 7th inning, scoring 17 runs on 14 hits and six walks. Boston won the game 23-3.
1967 - Jack Nicklaus shot a record 275 to beat Arnold Palmer to win the U.S. Open.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus won the U.S. Open.
1984 - Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1986 - Don Sutton of the California Angels won his 300th game.
1989 - Curtis Strange won his second straight U.S. Open.
1990 - Hale Irwin defeated Mike Donald in a playoff that lasted 19 holes at the U.S. Open. Iriwn, at age 45, became the oldest U.S. Open champion in history.
1995 - Corey Pavin won the U.S. Open.
2000 - Tiger Woods won the 100th U.S. Open by 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
2001 - Retief Goosen won the U.S. Open.
2006 - Geoff Ogilvy won the U.S. Open by one shot over Phil Mickelson and three other golfers.
2010 - The U.S. men's soccer team played Slovenia to a 2-2 draw in the opening round of the World Cup.
2012 - Roger Clemens was found not guilty on all six charges brought by the government in its second go-round charging the former pitcher with lying to Congress about taking performance-enhancing drugs.
2012 - Running back LaDainian Tomlinson announced his retirement from football.
2014 - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hit the Colorado Rockies.
2014 - Reigning champion Spain was ousted from the World Cup after a 2-0 loss to Chile.
1812 - The Untied States declared war on 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 its 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 Katherine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion.
2011 - Saxophone player Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band died at age 69.
Birthdays
26 - Renee Olstead (actress)
28 - Melanie Iglesias (model)
35 - Antonio Gates (football player)
39 - Blake Shelton (country singer)
63 - Isabella Rossellini (actress)
63 - Carol Kane (actress)
73 - Paul McCartney (rock singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 18
1915 - Jerry Travers became the second amateur golfer in three years to win the U.S. Open.
1953 - Seventeen major league records were tied or broken in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The game saw the Red Sox send 23 batters to the plate in the 7th inning, scoring 17 runs on 14 hits and six walks. Boston won the game 23-3.
1967 - Jack Nicklaus shot a record 275 to beat Arnold Palmer to win the U.S. Open.
1972 - Jack Nicklaus won the U.S. Open.
1984 - Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1986 - Don Sutton of the California Angels won his 300th game.
1989 - Curtis Strange won his second straight U.S. Open.
1990 - Hale Irwin defeated Mike Donald in a playoff that lasted 19 holes at the U.S. Open. Iriwn, at age 45, became the oldest U.S. Open champion in history.
1995 - Corey Pavin won the U.S. Open.
2000 - Tiger Woods won the 100th U.S. Open by 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez.
2001 - Retief Goosen won the U.S. Open.
2006 - Geoff Ogilvy won the U.S. Open by one shot over Phil Mickelson and three other golfers.
2010 - The U.S. men's soccer team played Slovenia to a 2-2 draw in the opening round of the World Cup.
2012 - Roger Clemens was found not guilty on all six charges brought by the government in its second go-round charging the former pitcher with lying to Congress about taking performance-enhancing drugs.
2012 - Running back LaDainian Tomlinson announced his retirement from football.
2014 - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hit the Colorado Rockies.
2014 - Reigning champion Spain was ousted from the World Cup after a 2-0 loss to Chile.
