Friday April 18, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1025
Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
Real Academia de la Historia (“Royal Academy of History”) is founded in Madrid.
American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.

Who were born on ?

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker (d. 1810)
Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912)
Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)
Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975)
Jean Richard, French actor (d. 2001)
Barbara Hale, American actress
Jane Leeves, British actress
Eli Roth, American film director
Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009)
Simas Buterlevičius, Lithuanian basketball player

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