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June 18: Day of the Week
June 18, 2024 was the 170th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 196 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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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)
618
Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
1812
War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
1830
French invasion of Algeria
1873
Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1923
Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
1928
Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
1930
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
1965
Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1983
Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
1983
Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
Who were born on June 18?
1667
Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
1886
Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)
1913
Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
1935
Hugh McColl, American banker
1936
Ronald Venetiaan, President of Suriname
1939
Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
1972
Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model
1973
Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
1976
Alana de la Garza, American actress
1981
Ella Chen, Taiwanese Mandopop singer (S.H.E)
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