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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.

Novità del giorno : 18 Giugno

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.

Citazione del giorno : 18 Giugno

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

Compleanni : 18 Giugno

Ōgimachi, Imperatore del Giappone (1517)
Ignaz Pleyel, Compositore francese e costruttore di pianoforti (1757)
James Montgomery Flagg, Illustratore americano (1877)
Edouard Daladier, Uomo politico francese (1884)
George Mallory, Alpinista inglese (1886)
Jeanette MacDonald, Attrice americana (1903)
Raymond Radiguet, Scrittore francese (1903)
E. G. Marshall, Attore americano (1914)
Richard Boone, Attore americano (1917)
Jerome Karle, Chimico statunitense, premio Nobel per la Chimica (1918)
Ian Carmichael, Attore inglese (1920)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Presidente brasiliano (1995 - 2002) (1931)
Dudley R. Herschbach, Chimico statunitense, premio Nobel per la Chimica (1932)
Victor Lanoux, Attore francese (1936)
Thabo Mbeki, Presidente del Sud Africa (1999 - 2008) (1942)
Paul McCartney, Musicista inglese (1942)
Bernard Giraudeau, Attore, regista e scrittore francese (1947)
Jarosław Kaczyński, Politico polacco (1949)
Lech Kaczyński, Politico polacco (1949)
Isabella Rossellini, Attrice italiana (1952)
Dizzy Reed, Musicista americano (Guns N' Roses) (1963)
Kurt Browning, Pattinatore canadese (1966)
Julie Depardieu, Attrice francese (1973)
Ray LaMontagne, Cantante americano (1973)
Jamel Debbouze, Comico francese (1975)
Marie Gillain, Attrice belga (1975)
Richard Gasquet, Tennista francese (1986)
Willa Holland, Attrice americana (1991)

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Roald Amundsen, Esploratore norvegese (1928)
Maxim Gorky, Scrittore russo (1936)
Ethel Barrymore, Attrice americana (1959)
Pedro Armendáriz, Attore messicano (1963)
Curd Jürgens, Attore tedesco (1982)
Jean Delannoy, Attore e regista francese (2008)
José Saramago, Scrittore portoghese, premio Nobel per la letteratura (2010)
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