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, 2025 is the 169th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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.
- 1429 –French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years’ War.
- 1858 –Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin’s own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
- 1953 –A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129.
- 1953 –The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
- 1972 –Staines air disaster – 118 are killed when a plane crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1983 –Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- 1984 –A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike.
- 1994 –The Troubles: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) open fire inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, killing six civilians and wounding five.
- 1996 –Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
Who were born on June 18?
- 1269 –Princess Eleanor of England (d. 1298)
- 1834 –Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1870 –Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1954)
- 1929 –Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
- 1932 –Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1937 –Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1942 –Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
- 1946 –Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1976 –Blake Shelton, American country singer
- 1991 –Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
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