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June 18: Autistic Pride Day

1815 – Napoléon Bonaparte fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo.
1858 – Charles Darwin received a manuscript by Alfred Russel Wallace on evolution, which prompted him to publish his theory.
1940 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, made an appeal to the French people following the fall of France to Nazi Germany, rallying them to support the Resistance.
1979 – The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II treaty, placing specific limits on each side's stock of nuclear weapons.
1983 – Space Shuttle Astronaut Sally Ride (pictured) becomes the first American woman in space for STS-7.

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The SALT II treaty was signed by the president (Jimmy Carter) and by Breshnev, but it was never officially ratified by the Senate. Thus, saying the "United States" signed the treaty is inaccurate.

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