The Egyptian Republic was declared on June 18, 1953 with Gen. Muhammad Naguib as the first president of the republic. Naguib was forced to resign in 1954 by Gamal Abdel Nasser -- the real architect of the 1952 movement -- and was later put under house arrest. Nasser assumed power as president and declared Egypt's full independence from the United Kingdom on June 18, 1956.
Today is the national day of the Republic of Seychelles. This is the day Seychelles adopted its new constitution in 1993 and created the Third Republic. Seychelles was previously a socialist one-party state. This constitution established a new multiparty system in the archipelago nation.
On this day in 1815 the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte lost the Battle of Waterloo against the British and Austrian armies.
On this day in 1942 Sir James Paul McCartney, an iconic Academy and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of the Beatles, was born. McCartney is listed in the Guinness World Records as the most successful musician and composer in popular-music history, with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles.
On this day in 1936, Russian author and founder of the socialist realism literary method Maksim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov) died.
Today is Autistic Pride Day. This day is a celebration of the neurodiversity of people on the autism spectrum. The day tries to change the common view of autism from “disease” into “difference.” Autistic Pride Day aims to fight the prejudices that individuals with autism have no feelings.
Today is the Liberation Day of Ereğli, a town in northern Turkey. Ereğli was liberated from French occupation on this day in 1920.
Gregorian Calendar: 18 June 2009 C.E.
Hijri Calendar: 25 Jumada al-Thani 1430 A.H.
Hebrew Calendar: 26 Sivan 5769
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