1. In 1812, President James Madison declared war on Great Britain, beginning the War of 1812. The conflict lasted for two years and resulted in the burning of several Washington landmarks, including the White House and Capitol Building.

2. On June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for voting in the presidential election the previous year. Anthony, a prominent women's suffrage advocate, refused to pay the fine and aggressively campaigned for women's voting rights until her death in 1906.

3. In 1942, a Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, marking the only time that a foreign power attacked the mainland United States during World War II. The attack caused minimal damage and no fatalities.

4. The Washington Nationals baseball team made history on June 18, 2015, when pitcher Max Scherzer threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scherzer struck out ten batters and held the Pirates to zero hits in the Nationals' 6-0 victory.

5. On June 18, 2019, the D.C. Council passed a bill to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. The bill represented a major victory for workers' rights advocates, who had been campaigning for living wages in Washington and across the country.