eso ha pasado un 18 Junio

1815 : Napoleon defeated at Waterloo


On June 18, 1815, in Waterloo, south of Brussels, Napoleon's troops were defeated by those of Wellington. Nearly 50,000 men were killed during the battle. Napoleon had made ​​the mistake of waiting too long before attacking what had allowed the Prussian troops to join the battle and thus prevented Napoleon to come to support Marshal Ney facing Wellington.
Following this defeat, Napoleon abdicated and was exiled by the British in Saint Helena, a small island in the South Atlantic.

1940 : Appeal of 18 June


After the surrender of Petain to Germany, De Gaulle, with Churchill's agreement, made a call on the BBC asking the French to resist, to join him in London to continue the fight. He wanted, as it was likely that the war would become global, the French troops to be able to participate in future battles, with the English and those who would join them, so that France would regain its honor lost by the submission of the Petain government to Germany.

1965 : First use of B-52 in Vietnam


On June 18, 1965, the Americans used for the first time the B-52 bombers in the Vietnam War. The B-52 flying at an altitude of 9000m are not detectable on the ground and cause immense damage.

1972 : Crash in Heathrow


On 18 June 1972, Trident aircraft company British European Airways crashed shortly after takeoff at Heathrow Airport in London.
118 people were killed.
The cause of the crash was never found.
One explanation could be a bad distribution of weight on board the aircraft.

Actualidad del día : 18 Junio

National Day in Seychelles
June 18 is National Day of the Seychelles. This day is the anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles of June 18th, 1993 which states the basic rights of Seychelles citizens and the democratic values ​​of the republic.

Cita del día : 18 Junio

Charles De Gaulle
War, you see, it's horrible, but peace, peace, it must be said, is boring

Cumpleaños : 18 Junio

Ōgimachi, Emperador de Japón (1517)
Ignaz Pleyel, Compositor francés y constructor de piano (1757)
James Montgomery Flagg, Ilustrador americano (1877)
Edouard Daladier, Político francés (1884)
George Mallory, Alpinista inglés (1886)
Jeanette MacDonald, Actriz americana (1903)
Raymond Radiguet, Escritor francés (1903)
E. G. Marshall, Actor americano (1914)
Richard Boone, Actor americano (1917)
Jerome Karle, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1918)
Ian Carmichael, Actor inglés (1920)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Presidente de Brasil (1995 - 2002) (1931)
Dudley R. Herschbach, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1932)
Victor Lanoux, Actor francés (1936)
Thabo Mbeki, Presidente de Sudáfrica (1999 - 2008) (1942)
Paul McCartney, Músico inglés (1942)
Bernard Giraudeau, Actor, director de cine y escritor francés (1947)
Jarosław Kaczyński, Político polaco (1949)
Lech Kaczyński, Político polaco (1949)
Isabella Rossellini, Actriz italiana (1952)
Dizzy Reed, Músico americano (Guns N' Roses) (1963)
Kurt Browning, Patinador canadiense (1966)
Julie Depardieu, Actriz francesa (1973)
Ray LaMontagne, Cantante americano (1973)
Jamel Debbouze, Comediante francés (1975)
Marie Gillain, Actriz belga (1975)
Richard Gasquet, Jugador de tenis francés (1986)
Willa Holland, Actriz americana (1991)

Nos han dejado un 18 Junio

Roald Amundsen, Explorador noruego (1928)
Maxim Gorky, Escritor ruso (1936)
Ethel Barrymore, Actriz americana (1959)
Pedro Armendáriz, Actor mexicano (1963)
Curd Jürgens, Actor alemán (1982)
Jean Delannoy, Actor y director de cine francés (2008)
José Saramago, Novelista portugués, Premio Nobel de Literatura (2010)
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