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June 18: Autistic Pride Day

Li Yuan

618 – Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.
860 – Rus' forces sailed into the Bosporus in a fleet of about 200 vessels and started pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople.
1858 – Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.
1953 – A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
1983 – Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.

William Lassell (b. 1799)
Abdollah Mirza Qajar (d. 1846)
Queen Olga of Greece (d. 1926)
Gail Godwin (b. 1937)

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untitled[edit]

The SALT II treaty was signed by the president (Jimmy Carter) and by Breshnev, but it was never officially ratified by the Senate. Thus, saying the "United States" signed the treaty is inaccurate.

Mallory[edit]

Wikipedia Simple English and the Encyclopedia Britanicca quote Mallory's nationality as 'British'. I have corrected the entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robata (talk • contribs) 17:37, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 June 2019[edit]

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Under Events, the following sentences are missing a period at the end of each: "Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate", "Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh", "Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith", "Lakshmibai (19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858), the queen of the princely state of Jhansi, currently in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh, India, is known to have tied her adopted son (Damodar Rao) to her back while fighting against British in India with swords at battle ground Kotah-ki-Serai near the Phool Bagh of Gwalior reporting slaughtering 5,000 Indian soldiers, including any Indian "over the age of 16"", and "Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état". 64.85.225.94 (talk) 18:19, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done NiciVampireHeart 13:43, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Theophan Prokopovich[edit]

Born this date in 1681, per his dedicated Wikipedia page. Figure he should be on the list for June 18.

Xxxtentacion[edit]

Xxxtentacion was shot and killed 2603:8081:7204:3119:68AD:8F4:7B37:52E7 (talk) 18:02, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and? Kiwipete (talk) 08:53, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]