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June 18th, 2006	Event	The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
June 18th, 2001	Event	Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
June 18th, 1996	Event	Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
June 18th, 1984	Event	A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 miners strike. The incident later becomes known as the Battle of Orgreave.
June 18th, 1983	Event	Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
June 18th, 1981	Event	The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.
June 18th, 1979	Event	SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
June 18th, 1965	Event	Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
June 18th, 1959	Event	Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital s director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.
June 18th, 1954	Event	Pierre Mendes-France becomes Prime Minister of France.

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