JUNE 18 | Birthdays and Events
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Notable Birthdays for June 18
Edward Scripps (1854-1926) - Founder of the E. W. Scripps Company (still in operation today) and the first publisher organized the first major chain of newspapers in the U.S.
Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930) - Founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.
James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) - Painter and illustrator who created the 1917 poster of Uncle Sam for the U.S. Army during WWI.
Robert Mondavi (1913-2008) - Winemaker.
Alice T. Schafer (1915-2009) - Mathematician and co-founder of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
George Mikan (1924-2005) - A 6 ft 10 in professional basketball player who was one of the first to wear "spectacles" as a professional player.
Chris Van Allsburg (1949-Still Living) - Author and illustrator of the books Jumanji and The Polar Express.
Dizzy Reed (1963-Still Living) - Keyboardist for the rock band Guns N' Roses.
Blake Shelton (1976-Still Living) - Contemporary country singer.
Memorable Events for June 18
1682 - English Quaker William Penn founds Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania Colony.
1822 - Parts of the U.S.-Canadian border are determined.
1872 - The Woman's Suffrage Convention is held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, PA.
1873 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1879 - Black inventor W. H. Richardson patents the baby carriage.
1909 - Nannie Helen Burroughs forms the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington D.C.
1948 - Columbia Records introduces the long-playing (LP) record album.
1965 - The Air Force attacks guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam using B-52 bombers.
1983 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman astronaut in space (STS-7).