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June 18: Day of the Week
June 18, 2024 is the 170th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
June 18 Historical Event(s)
1264
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
1830
French invasion of Algeria
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.
1859
First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
1940
“Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
1953
A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129.
1965
Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1979
SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
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.
1996
Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
Who were born on June 18?
1834
Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895)
1877
James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960)
1918
Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
1928
David T. Lykken, American scientist (d. 2006)
1942
Nick Tate, Australian actor
1946
Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
1958
Peter Altmaier, German politician
1972
Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model
1973
Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
1980
Tara Platt, American actress
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