What are the important events that happened on June 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 18: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 18 is the 170^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 5, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 477,408 hours 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 ‘hectaheptacontagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 225 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 4,197 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 18 Historical Events

• 1178 –
  Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon’s distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
• 1264 –
  The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
• 1429 –
  French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years’ War.
• 1757 –
  Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years’ War.
• 1767 –
  Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
• 1859 –
  First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
• 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.
• 1984 –
  A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike.
• 2009 –
  The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.

Who were born on June 18?

• 1511 –
  Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
• 1891 –
  Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)
• 1904 –
  Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
• 1918 –
  Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
• 1939 –
  Jean-Claude Germain, French Canadian author, journalist and historian
• 1942 –
  Nick Tate, Australian actor
• 1949 –
  Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
• 1950 –
  Jackie Leven, Scottish singer and songwriter
• 1976 –
  Alana de la Garza, American actress
• 1980 –
  Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner

Who died on June 18?

• 1234 –
  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
• 1749 –
  Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
• 1815 –
  Thomas Picton, British general (b. 1758)
• 1835 –
  William Cobbett, English journalist and author (b. 1763)
• 1967 –
  Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver (b. 1942)
• 1971 –
  Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
• 1978 –
  Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
• 2003 –
  Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2005 –
  Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
• 2008 –
  Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915)