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, 486,888 hours 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.
• 1290 –
  King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1862 –
  First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1955 –
  The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.
• 1968 –
  The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.

Who were born on July 18?

• 1797 –
  Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879)
• 1895 –
  Olga Spessivtseva, Russian ballerina (d. 1991)
• 1908 –
  Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (d. 1944)
• 1913 –
  Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
• 1933 –
  Syd Mead, American industrial and conceptual designer
• 1934 –
  Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1936 –
  Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 –
  Mike Greenwell, baseball player
• 1970 –
  Cheryl Casone, American news anchor
• 1975 –
  Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down, Scars on Broadway)

Who died on July 18?

• 715 –
  Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)
• 1591 –
  Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
• 1756 –
  Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (b. 1683); other date proposed is July 9 (see)
• 1884 –
  Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
• 1937 –
  Julian Bell, British poet (b. 1908)
• 1985 –
  Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress and wife of Johannes Heesters (b. 1902)
• 1988 –
  Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1990 –
  Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (b. 1918)
• 1990 –
  Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (b. 1896)
• 2009 –
  Jill Balcon, British actress (b. 1925)