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: March 18
March 18, 2024 is the 78th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
If the Gregorian calendar is not reformed, the March equinox will fall on this day for the first time in AD 4092.
Historical Events: March 18
- 37 –The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’s will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
- 1241 –Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
- 1850 –American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1871 –Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
- 1937 –The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
- 1942 –The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1946 –Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1968 –Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1974 –Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
- 1980 –At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
Who were born on March 18?
- 1837 –Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
- 1869 –Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
- 1912 –Art Gilmore, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1922 –Egon Bahr, German politician
- 1948 –Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
- 1959 –Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
- 1977 –Danny Murphy, English footballer
- 1984 –Vonzell Solomon, American singer
- 1985 –Marvin Humes, British singer (JLS; VS)
- 1991 –Dylan Mattingly, American composer and musician
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