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June 18

1812 ~ Second Anglo-American War Begins
In the months after President Madison proclaimed the state of war to be in effect, American forces launched a three-point invasion of Canada, all of which were decisively unsuccessful.

1815 ~ Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, at Waterloo in Belgium, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history.

1983 ~ First American Woman in Space
Astrophysicist Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space (20 years after female Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova) , beginning her ride aboard the space shuttle Challenger for a six-day Odyssey.