Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: June 18
June 18, 2024 is the 170th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 18
- 618 –Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
- 1178 –Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon’s distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
- 1815 –Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
- 1859 –First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- 1873 –Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1900 –Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- 1908 –Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- 1923 –Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1945 –William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
- 2006 –The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
Who were born on June 18?
- 1517 –Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
- 1850 –Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and music critic (d. 1914)
- 1857 –Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. (d. 1930)
- 1868 –Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
- 1904 –Keye Luke, Chinese-born American actor (d. 1991)
- 1917 –Erik Ortvad, Danish artist (d. 2008)
- 1939 –Jean-Claude Germain, French Canadian author, journalist and historian
- 1942 –Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
- 1972 –Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model
- 1996 –Jade-Lianna Peters, Chinese-born naturalized American television voice actress
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