This week in history

JUNE 18
1812: The war of 1812 between United States and Britain begins
1815: Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German and Dutch forces
1908: The University of the Philippines is established
1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
1953: Egypt is declared a republic and the monarchy is abolished
1983: Indian all-rounder, Kapil Dev scores 175 not out in a World Cup match against Zimbabwe
1983: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
2005: Bangladesh shock Australia in a One-Day match at Cardiff
2006: The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched
2009: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched
JUNE 19
1862: Slavery is abolished in United States, all slaves are freed
1903: English Test batsman, Walter Hammond is born
1949: Prominent Muslim philosopher, Syed Zafarul Hasan dies
1962: American singer and choreographer, Paula Abdul is born
1970: Indian politician, Rahul Gandhi is born
1978: Famous cartoon character, Garfield appears in his first comic strip
JUNE 20
1819: The 320-tonne Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic
1837: Queen Victoria ascends the British throne
1840: Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph
1877: Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Canada
1954: English cricketer, Allan Lamb is born
1967: Boxer Mohammad Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title after being convicted of draft evasion during the Vietnam War
1967: Hollywood actress, Nicole Kidman is born
1975: Hollywood’s adventure movie, Jaws is released
1981: Pakistani opener, Taufeeq Umar is born
1990: Asteroid Eureka is discovered
1991: The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin
1999: Australia outclass Pakistan to win the final of seventh Cricket World Cup
JUNE 21
1527: Italian statesman, Niccolo Machiavelli dies
1929: Former Pakistan cricketer, Agha Saadat Ali is born
1953: Former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto is born
1970: Pele leads Brazil over Italy as the South Americans win their third football World Cup
1975: West Indies beat Australia in the final to clinch the first Cricket World Cup
1982: Son of Prince Charles and Diana — Prince William — is born
2004: Michael Melvill pilots the first privately-developed spacecraft — SpaceShipOne — into space
2006: Pluto’s newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra
2009: Pakistan defeat Sri Lanka to clinch the second World Twenty20 cricket tournament
JUNE 22
1815: Napoleon abdicates his throne for the second time after his defeat at Waterloo
1874: Dr Andrew Still becomes the first to practice osteopathy
1910: The first commercial passengers to ride in a Zeppelin board the airship Deutschland
1932: Indian actor, Amrish Puri is born
1956: Pakistani statesman, Shah Mehmood Qureshi is born
2001: The first instalment of The Fast and the Furious is released
2009: Eastman Kodak Company announces the end of the Kodachrome Colour Film
JUNE 23
1868: Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for type-writer1979: West Indies defeat England in final of second World Cup to retain the trophy
1980: Former West Indian captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan is born
1980: Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi dies
1995: Dr Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, dies
JUNE 24
1597: The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam (on Java)
1692: Kingston, Jamaica is founded
1894: An international agreement regarding the resumption of Olympic Games is signed
1901: The first exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work opens
1938: The first televised Test match between England and Australia at Lord’s begins
1939: Siam is renamed to Thailand by Prime Minister Plaek Pibulsonggram
1997: The US Air Force releases The Roswell Report
2000: Pakistan’s Abdur Razzaq becomes the youngest bowler to take a Test hat-rick
2010: John Isner of the US defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history
— O. A. 

Source : http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/18/this-week-in-history-35.html