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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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

Historical Event(s)

Real Academia de la Historia (“Royal Academy of History”) is founded in Madrid.
The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
The aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.

Who were born on ?

James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007)
Costas Ferris, Greek director
Cindy Pickett, American actress
Dorothy Lyman, American actress
Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian
John Podhoretz, American columnist and political pundit
Steve Lombardi, American wrestler
Jo Gibb, Scottish Actress

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