June 18
Father's Day
INTERNATIONAL Panic Day
INTERNATIONAL Picnic Day
INTERNATIONAL Yoga Day
NATIONAL Splurge Day
NATIONAL Go Fishing Day
NATIONAL Clean Your Aquarium Day
NATIONAL Turkey Lovers' Day [third Sunday in June]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1812 The War of 1812 begins when the United States declares war against Great Britain
1815 Battle of Waterloo: Wellington crushes Napoleon, with the help of Blucher's Prussians
1873 Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote for president
1903 First transcontinental auto trip began in San Francisco and arrived in New York three months later
1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She completed the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
1983 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
Writer, California attorney, stumbling through the courtrooms of Southern California
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If panicking at a picnic, do yoga or go fishing.
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