Notable · 2023
The Titan submersible imploded during a dive to the RMS Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard.
Wallis and Futuna
June 18
Nothing is formally observed in Wallis and Futuna on June 18.
June 18 in history
Full history →- 2023Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, 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.
- 2018An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
- 2009The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
- 2007The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
- 2006The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.