What happend on 18th June

17.06
19.06
2001

Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.

1996

Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminals counts.

1984

Major clash between about 5,000 Police and a similar number of Miners at Orgreave,South Yorkshire during the 1984-1985 Miners Strike. Incident later known as the Battle of Orgreave

1983

Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space

1979

SALT II is signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

1967

Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.

1965

Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam

1954

Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France

1953

The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished

1953

A United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near Tokyo, Japan killing 129