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4 sourced moments from June 18 in history: Did monks see a lunar impact in 1178? Probably not; The United States Declared War on Britain (1812); Napoleon met his final defeat at Waterloo (1815), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on June 18

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1983 Space · Space Exploration

Sally Ride was the third woman in space and first American

Sally Ride flew on STS-7 in June 1983, chosen from 8,000 applicants, but two Soviet women had already reached orbit before her.

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1815 History · War & Conflict

Napoleon met his final defeat at Waterloo

On a muddy Sunday south of Brussels, an emperor's gamble collapsed and twenty-three years of European war ground to a halt.

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1812 History · War & Conflict

The United States Declared War on Britain

On June 18, 1812, the young American republic took the unprecedented step of formally declaring war on the world's leading naval power.

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1178 Space · Solar System

Did monks see a lunar impact in 1178? Probably not

Five Canterbury witnesses saw the Moon 'split in two' in 1178. The crater blamed for it, Giordano Bruno, is likely more than a million years older.

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