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 170th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 5, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,644,480 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 ‘hectaheptacontagon’ 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 225 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 4,197 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 18 Historical Events
- 1178 –Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon’s distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
- 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.
- 1815 –Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
- 1908 –Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- 1928 –Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
- 1930 –Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
- 1935 –Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on June 18?
- 1673 –Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer of zarzuelas (d. 1747)
- 1882 –Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (d. 1949)
- 1932 –Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1936 –Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
- 1942 –Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
- 1960 –Steve Murphy, Canadian news anchor
- 1962 –Jeff Mills, American techno DJ and producer
- 1971 –Jason McAteer, English-born Irish footballer
- 1974 –Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
- 1978 –Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
Who died on June 18?
- 1772 –Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born Austrian physician (b. 1700)
- 1794 –James Murray, British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)
- 1866 –Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
- 1915 –Eufemio Zapata, brother of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873)
- 1936 –Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
- 1943 –Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer and resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- 1971 –Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1974 –Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (b. 1896)
- 2007 –Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
- 2008 –Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
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