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June 18
on this day in history.
2023Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, implodes in the North Atlantic Ocean while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, including OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush.
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 kills nine firefighters in Charleston, South Carolina.
2006The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched.
1998Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.
1994The Troubles: 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.