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: December 18
December 18, 2024 is the 353rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 13 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 18
- 1793 –Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
- 1878 –John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania.
- 1888 –Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde.
- 1898 –Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mi/h in a Jeantaud electric car.
- 1917 –The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
- 1956 –Japan joins the United Nations.
- 1966 –Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.
- 1973 –Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
- 2006 –The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.
Who were born on December 18?
- 1873 –Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (d. 1957)
- 1878 –Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
- 1913 –Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (d. 2006)
- 1920 –Robert Leckie, American marine and author (d. 2001)
- 1929 –Józef Cardinal Glemp, Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of Warsaw
- 1945 –Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 –Pauline Ester, French singer
- 1964 –Robson Green, English actor and singer
- 1980 –Heinz Inniger, Swiss snowboarder
- 1987 –Sneha Ullal, Bollywood Actress
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