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

June 18: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 18 is the 169^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

When this day started, 29,170,080 minutes 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 ‘hectahexacontaenneagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 244 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 4,562 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 18 Historical Events

• 1429 –
  French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years’ War.
• 1858 –
  Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin’s own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
• 1923 –
  Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• 1945 –
  William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• 1946 –
  Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
• 1965 –
  Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
• 1984 –
  A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike.
• 1994 –
  The Troubles: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) open fire inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, killing six civilians and wounding five.
• 1996 –
  Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
• 2006 –
  The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.

Who were born on June 18?

• 1318 –
  Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
• 1757 –
  Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
• 1913 –
  Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (d. 1993)
• 1915 –
  Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
• 1918 –
  Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1942 –
  Carl Radle, American tour and session bass guitarist (d. 1980)
• 1949 –
  Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish politician
• 1952 –
  Carol Kane, American actress
• 1952 –
  Lee Soo Man South Korean entertainment executive
• 1975 –
  Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer

Who died on June 18?

• 1234 –
  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
• 1588 –
  Robert Crowley, English printer and poet (b. c. 1517)
• 1772 –
  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born Austrian physician (b. 1700)
• 1772 –
  Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1706)
• 1902 –
  Samuel Butler, English writer (b. 1835)
• 1936 –
  Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
• 1997 –
  Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
• 2003 –
  Ernest Martin, American convicted murderer (b. 1960)
• 2008 –
  Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
• 2011 –
  Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)