It happened on a… June 18
2020
Canadian coronavirus COVID-19 known cases pass 100,000 with 8,361 deaths.

2014
King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicates the Spanish throne to make way for his son Felipe VI.

2001
« The Fast and the Furious » film directed by Rob Cohen starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez premieres.

2000
100th US Open Men’s Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Tiger Woods wins his first US Open by a major championship record-setting 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Ángel Jiménez.

1999
Walt Disney’s « Tarzan » opened.

1991
« (Everything I Do) I Do It for You » single released by Bryan Adams (Billboard Song of the Year 1991).

1983
7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launches Sally Ride as 1st US woman in space

1970
National Gallery opens exhibition of 203 Group of Seven paintings; to commemorate 50th anniversary of Group’s founding.

1815
At the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon abdicated on June 22.
