Thursday July 18, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 18: Day of the Week

July 18, 2024 is the 200th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

July 18 Historical Event(s)

390 BCE
Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
1290
King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.
1389
Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, in inaugurating a 13 year peace; the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years War.
1656
Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory.
1812
The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
1955
The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.
1976
Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
1984
McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
1992
The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
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.

Who were born on July 18?

1811
William Makepeace Thackeray, English author (d. 1863)
1818
Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896)
1911
Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
1930
Burt Kwouk, English actor
1938
Ian Stewart, Scottish pianist (d. 1985)
1944
David Hemery, British athlete
1950
Jerome Barkum, American football player
1951
Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
1963
Al Snow, American professional wrestler
1968
Alex Désert, Haitian-American actor and musician

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