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: July 18
July 18, 2024 is the 200th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: July 18
- 390 BCE –Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
- 362 –Roman-Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.
- 1389 –Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, in inaugurating a 13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years War.
- 1857 –Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall’s war against the French.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island – the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, fails in their assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
- 1969 –After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies.
- 1976 –Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- 1986 –A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station’s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
- 1996 –Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army’s base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers.
- 1996 –Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec’s costliest natural disasters ever.
Who were born on July 18?
- 1552 –Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612)
- 1909 –Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat and President (d. 1989)
- 1911 –Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
- 1921 –Richard Leacock, documentary filmmaker, Pioneer of Cinéma Vérité (d. 2011)
- 1926 –Margaret Laurence, Canadian writer (d. 1987)
- 1938 –Paul Verhoeven, Dutch film director
- 1963 –Mike Greenwell, baseball player
- 1967 –Vin Diesel, American actor
- 1969 –Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1979 –Jermaine Paul, American musician
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