In 1789, Austrian troops occupied Brussels.

In 1942, Sir Paul McCartney was born.

In 1977 Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten was attacked in a London pub.

From the Telegraph & Argus of June 18th, 1978...

Twenty-five-year-old housewife Mrs Denise Turkington emerged from the deserted Classic Cinema, Keighley at 1.30am trembling from head to toe. Three hours earlier she had been left to watch a double bill of terror completely alone. But she was not trembling from fear. "It's absolutely freezing in there and I'm cold," she said Mrs Turkington who had accepted the challenge of Mr Joe Whiting, cinema manager, who had been seeking a female who dared to watch two films, Dead of Night and Rabid, alone.

From the Telegraph & Argus of June 18th, 1953...

The world's newest industry - man-made timber - set a huge press in motion in an Essex town today and so began its yearly task of saving Britain £500,000 worth of imports and providing 16,000 tons of cheaper board. The first press in the world for the mass production of high quality board from waste wood has been installed at Marks Tey, near Colchester. From wood chips - a sort of coarse sawdust - it will produce enough timber board for one complete home every hour.