Historical Events for 18th June 2026

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1580 - States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
1980 - Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
2003 - Google launches AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads targeted to the specific content of their individual web pages, many of which like On This Day (then HistoryOrb.com) go on to start their own publishing businesses
2005 - David Tennant's first appearance as the Tenth Doctor in BBC "Doctor Who" episode "The Parting of the Ways"
2013 - 27 people are killed and 30 are injured by a suicide bomb in Sher Garh, Pakistan
2017 - ICC Men's Cricket Champions Trophy, The Oval, London: Pakistan wins the competition for the first time with a 180-run victory over India; Player of the Series: Hasan Ali (PAK) 13 wickets
2020 - World record for greatest duration for a single lighting flash of 17.1 seconds during thunderstorm over Uruguay and Argentina according to World Meteorological Organization
2022 - Flooding in Bangladesh and nearby Indian states leave four million stranded and without electricity, with at least 41 dead as monsoon floods become more frequent and extreme

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