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 169th 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.
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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.
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June 18 Historical Events
- 618 –Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
- 1812 –War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
- 1873 –Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
- 1908 –Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- 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.
- 1940 –“Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
- 1953 –The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
- 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?
- 1886 –George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
- 1895 –Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1916 –Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005)
- 1932 –Geoffrey Hill, English poet
- 1937 –Del Harris, American basketball head coach
- 1937 –Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1950 –Mike Johanns, American politician
- 1953 –Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004)
- 1958 –Peter Altmaier, German politician
- 1969 –Christopher Largen, American author
Who died on June 18?
- 1726 –Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
- 1866 –Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
- 1915 –Eufemio Zapata, brother of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873)
- 1916 –Max Immelmann, German flying ace (b. 1890)
- 1917 –Titu Maiorescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
- 1974 –Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
- 1974 –Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (b. 1896)
- 1980 –Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
- 2000 –Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
- 2010 –José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
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