What are the important events that happened on July 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 18 is the 199th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 5, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,752,796,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontaenneagon’ day.
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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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 214 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,592 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 18 Historical Events
- 390 BCE –Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
- 362 –Roman-Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.
- 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.
- 1857 –Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall’s war against the French.
- 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.
- 1914 –The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
- 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.
- 1986 –A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station’s helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
- 1994 –The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentinian Jewish Communal Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
Who were born on July 18?
- 1501 –Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)
- 1720 –Gilbert White, English ornithologist (d. 1793)
- 1864 –Phillip Snowden, British politician (d. 1937)
- 1936 –Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1941 –Lonnie Mack, American guitarist and singer
- 1947 –Steve Forbes, American entrepreneur and politician
- 1955 –Terry Chambers, English drummer (XTC)
- 1961 –Alan Pardew, English football manager
- 1969 –Masanori Murakawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1975 –Torii Hunter, baseball player
Who died on July 18?
- 1608 –Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546)
- 1610 –Caravaggio, Italian artist (b. 1573)
- 1695 –Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
- 1916 –Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
- 1925 –Louis Nazaire Bégin, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec (b. 1840)
- 1985 –Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (b. 1958)
- 1990 –Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946)
- 1990 –Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (b. 1918)
- 1990 –Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (b. 1896)
- 2001 –Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle designer and engineer (b. 1920)
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