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
- 1859 –First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- 1887 –The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- 1923 –Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
- 1940 –Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
- 1972 –Staines air disaster – 118 are killed when a plane crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
- 1979 –SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 1983 –Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
- 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.
Who were born on June 18?
- 1812 –Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
- 1815 –Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
- 1913 –Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (d. 1993)
- 1917 –Erik Ortvad, Danish artist (d. 2008)
- 1926 –Allan Sandage, American astronomer (d. 2010)
- 1949 –Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
- 1952 –Lee Soo Man South Korean entertainment executive
- 1973 –Ray Lamontagne, American singer-songwriter
- 1975 –Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
- 1976 –Alana de la Garza, American actress
Who died on June 18?
- 1742 –John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670)
- 1772 –Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born Austrian physician (b. 1700)
- 1815 –Thomas Picton, British general (b. 1758)
- 1866 –Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
- 1917 –Titu Maiorescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
- 1959 –Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
- 1967 –Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (b. 1942)
- 1975 –Hugo Bergmann, Czech-born German and Israeli Jewish philosopher (b. 1883)
- 1997 –Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
- 2008 –Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
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