June 18th:
1991 – Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
1982 – Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
1981 – Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on high court
1979 – Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
1979 – President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
1968 – Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing
1940 – Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that “this was their finest hour”
1938 – Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
1936 – 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin
1928 – Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean
1873 -Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
1872 – Woman’s Suffrage Convention held at Mercantile Liberty Hall
1682 – William Penn founds Philadelphia