THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020

1815-Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blucher

1892-Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii

1940-Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"

1948-U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights

1953-Egypt proclaimed a republic, Gen. Neguib becomes president

1968-Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing

1973-NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants

1977-Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747

1984-Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541

1986-52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon

1990-First ever lose for Cameroon in the World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0

1991-SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated