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Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, professionally known as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
Notable Deaths on June 18
2018 — XXXTentacion
American rapper (born 1998)
June 18 has 125 recorded notable deaths across history, from 741 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
125 source records
741 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on June 18
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- 1837 St. Joseph Mutiny: African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – led by former slave trader Daaga – launch a rebellion in the British colony of Trinidad in an attempt to escape to Africa. Source
- 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched. Source
- 1812 The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812. Source
- 1940 World War II: The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill. Source
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" The songs most associated with her include "We'll Meet Again", "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square".
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Alan Berg were sentenced to 190 years and 252 years in prison, respectively.
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José Saramago was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality.
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John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist.
More major people who died on June 18
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2020
Vera Lynn
English singer who was the "Forces' Sweetheart" in World War II (born 1917)
Dame Vera Margaret Lewis, known professionally as Vera Lynn, was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were popular during World War II.
1984
Alan Berg
American lawyer and radio host (born 1934)
Alan Harrison Berg was a Jewish American talk radio show host in Denver, Colorado. He had outspoken atheistic and liberal views and a confrontational interview style.
2010
José Saramago
Portuguese novelist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once…
1982
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer (born 1912)
John William Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs".
2003
Larry Doby
American baseball player and manager (born 1923)
Lawrence Eugene Doby was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the…
1945
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American general (born 1886)
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater.
1464
Rogier van der Weyden
Flemish painter (born 1400)
Rogier van der Weyden, initially Roger de la Pasture, was an early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and diptych portraits.
1916
Max Immelmann
German lieutenant and pilot (born 1890)
Max Immelmann PLM was a German World War I flying ace. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was in fact achieved on 1 July…
1835
William Cobbett
English farmer and journalist (born 1763)
William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.
2005
Mushtaq Ali
Indian cricketer (born 1914)
Syed Mushtaq Ali was an Indian cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman who holds the distinction of scoring the first overseas Test century by an Indian player when he scored 112 against England at Old Trafford in…
1673
Jeanne Mance
French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (born 1606)
Jeanne Mance was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec.
2011
Frederick Chiluba
Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (born 1943)
Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba was a Zambian politician who was the second president of Zambia from 1991 to 2002.
2014
Claire Martin
Canadian author (born 1914)
Claire Martin, was the pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil. She wrote mainly in French. Her novels often have themes of women's liberation and erotic relationships.
2026
Tay Keith
American record producer (born 1996)
Brytavious Lakeith Chambers, known professionally as Tay Keith, was an American record producer.
1794
James Murray
Scottish-English general and politician, 20th Governor of the Province of Quebec (born 1721)
General James Murray was a British army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Quebec from 1760 to 1768 and governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782.
2013
Michael Hastings
American journalist and author (born 1980)
Michael Mahon Hastings was an American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone, and reporter for BuzzFeed. He was raised in New York, Canada, and Vermont, and he attended New York University.
741
Leo III the Isaurian
Byzantine emperor (born 685)
Leo III the Isaurian, also known as the Syrian, was the first Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty from 717 until his death in 741.
1974
Georgy Zhukov
Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (born 1896)
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.
1945
Florence Bascom
American geologist and educator (born 1862)
Florence Bascom was a pioneer American woman geologist and educator. Bascom was the second woman to earn a PhD in geology in the United States.