Daily Calendar for Thursday, June 18, 2026
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Born
- E.W. Scripps (newspaper publisher) –
- James Montgomery Flagg (illustrator of Uncle Sam I Want You for the U.S. Army” poster”) –
- Sylvia Porter (economist) –
- Paul McCartney (musician) –
- Roger Ebert (film critic) –
- Carol Kane (actress) –
- Isabella Rossellini (actress) –
- Kurt Browning (figure skater) –
- Blake Shelton (country singer) –
- Willa Holland (actress) –
Died
- Ethel Barrymore (actress) –
- John Cheever (author) –
- I.F. Stone (journalist) –
- Jack Buck (broadcaster) –
- Doris Dowling (actress) –
- Vincent Sherman (director) –
- Tasha Tudor (children’s author & illustrator) –
- Clarence Clemons (musician) –
Events
- The United States declared war on Great Britain –
- Napoleon’s troops were defeated at Waterloo (present-day Belgium) –
- First fly-casting tournament in the United States, Utica, New York –
- Checker Cab put its first taxi on the streets –
- National Postal strike in Canada –
- Sally Ride became the first American woman in space –
- A 9-lb. 6-oz. kokanee salmon caught in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia –
- Edward Fincke first U.S. astronaut in space during birth of his child –
- 63-lb. 8-oz. flathead catfish caught, James River, South Dakota –
- 103-year-old Julia Hawkins won the 100-meter dash at the National Senior Games –
Weather
- Phoenix, Arizona, had a temperature of 115 degrees F –
- Tucson, Arizona, had a temperature of 113 degrees F –
- Atlanta had 3.47 inches of rain within an hour –
- A thunderstorm over Uruguay and northern Argentina produced a single flash of lightning that lasted 17.102 seconds, setting a world record for the longest duration of a single lightning bolt. –