What Day of the Week

July 18, 2018 was the 199^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 166 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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

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• 1862

  First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island – the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, fails in their assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• 1870

  The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• 1944

  World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• 1955

  The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.
• 1982

  268 campesinos (“peasants” or “country people”) are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt’s Guatemala.
• 1986

  A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station’s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
• 1992

  The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
• 1994

  The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentinian Jewish Communal Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
• 1995

  On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.

• 1501

  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)
• 1718

  Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808)
• 1910

  Diptendu Pramanick, Indian film personality (d.1989)
• 1916

  Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003)
• 1933

  Jean Yanne, French film actor and director (d. 2003)
• 1957

  Keith Levene, English musician (Public Image Limited)
• 1963

  Mike Greenwell, baseball player
• 1971

  Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
• 1977

  Alfian bin Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
• 1978

  Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer

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