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Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 18
- 90th: 1934 - US Highway planning surveys nationwide are authorized.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Bumper Robinson; actor (Webster, Night Court).
- 50th: 1974 - Georgi Zhukov, Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at age 78.
- 40th: 1984 - Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541.
- 30th: 1994 - The NBC TV network airs the last show of Nurses.
- 30th: 1994 - In South Island, New Zealand, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs.
- 25th: 1999 - The Second Global Street Party is held around world including Bangladesh, USA, Uruguay, Spain, Germany, England (10,000 in London), Switzerland, Nigeria (10,000 in Port Harcourt).
- 20th: 2004 - European delegates agree on the EU constitution. It is anticipated that an additional two years will be required to finish the text and complete the ratification process.
- 15th: 2009 - America's NASA successfully launches two spacecraft to the Moon on missions to prepare for a return to the lunar surface by US astronauts. One mission will send a rocket crashing into the surface, so that the debris plume can be scanned for evidence of water. The other mission will help plan for future landing sites, and for construction of an outpost.
- 5th: 2019 - Facebook announces the Libra global payments system and currency, to be launched in 2020.
- 5th: 2019 - The U.S. sends an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East as tensions build with Iran.
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