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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day" title="Autistic Pride Day">Autistic Pride Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/618" title="618">618</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_from_Sui_to_Tang" title="Transition from Sui to Tang">Sui–Tang transition</a>: Chinese governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang" title="Emperor Gaozu of Tang">Li Yuan</a> declared himself emperor, establishing the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/860" title="860">860</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_Khaganate" title="Rus' Khaganate">Rus'</a> forces sailed into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosporus" title="Bosporus">Bosporus</a> in a fleet of about 200 vessels and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(860)" title="Siege of Constantinople (860)">started pillaging</a></b> the suburbs of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> received <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Tendency_of_Species_to_form_Varieties;_and_on_the_Perpetuation_of_Varieties_and_Species_by_Natural_Means_of_Selection" title="On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection">a manuscript</a> by fellow naturalist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace" title="Alfred Russel Wallace">Alfred Russel Wallace</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection" title="Natural selection">natural selection</a>, which encouraged him to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_of_Darwin%27s_theory" title="Publication of Darwin's theory">publish his own theory</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a> aircraft <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa_air_disaster" title="Tachikawa air disaster">crashed just after takeoff</a></b> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa_Airfield" title="Tachikawa Airfield">Tachikawa</a>, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – Iranian teenager <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Mahmudnizhad" title="Mona Mahmudnizhad">Mona Mahmudnizhad</a></b> and nine other women were hanged in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz" title="Shiraz">Shiraz</a> because of their membership in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lassell" title="William Lassell">William Lassell</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1799); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdollah_Mirza_Qajar" title="Abdollah Mirza Qajar">Abdollah Mirza Qajar</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1846); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Constantinovna_of_Russia" title="Olga Constantinovna of Russia">Queen Olga of Greece</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1926); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Godwin" title="Gail Godwin">Gail Godwin</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1937)</p>