About August 18
August 18, 2025 is the 230th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 183 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 18
- 1201 –The city of Riga is founded.
- 1572 –Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
- 1590 –John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
- 1634 –Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
- 1783 –A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
- 1838 –The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
- 1877 –Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
- 1891 –Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
- 1917 –A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
- 1938 –The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1948 –The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
- 1950 –Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
- 1958 –Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He became first among 39 competitors.
- 1958 –Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
- 1971 –Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
- 1989 –Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
- 2000 –A federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
- 2005 –A Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, the largest and most widespread power outage in history.
- 2011 –The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment.
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