What are the important events that happened on July 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 18: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 18 is the 199^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 5, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,752,796,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaenneagon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 214 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,592 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 18 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1334 –
  The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
• 1862 –
  First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• 1914 –
  The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
• 1925 –
  Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
• 1942 –
  World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time.
• 1986 –
  A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station’s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
• 1992 –
  The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
• 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)
• 1921 –
  John Glenn, American astronaut and politician
• 1932 –
  Robert Ellis Miller, American film director
• 1939 –
  Dion DiMucci, American singer
• 1944 –
  David Hemery, British athlete
• 1948 –
  Carlos Colón, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler
• 1956 –
  Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager and coach
• 1985 –
  Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
• 1988 –
  César Villaluz, Mexican footballer

Who died on July 18?

• 1100 –
  Godfrey of Bouillon, Protector of the Holy Sepulcher
• 1872 –
  Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 –
  Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
• 1899 –
  Horatio Alger, Jr., American writer (b. 1832)
• 1952 –
  Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (b. 1906)
• 1953 –
  Lucy Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)
• 1989 –
  Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
• 1989 –
  Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (b. 1967)
• 2004 –
  Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (b. 1912)
• 2004 –
  Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)