On this day — June 18

imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean.

a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.

South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.

KazSat-1 is launched.

Canada, killing 11.

Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.

STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.

together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.

England.

the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.

Trident crashes minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.