About June 18

June 18, 2025 is the 169th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Gemini is the sun 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 244 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On June 18

  • 618 –
    Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
  • 1264 –
    The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
  • 1684 –
    The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
  • 1767 –
    Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
  • 1778 –
    American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 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.
  • 1887 –
    The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
  • 1900 –
    Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • 1908 –
    The University of the Philippines is established.
  • 1930 –
    Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
  • 1935 –
    Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
  • 1940 –
    “Finest Hour” speech by Winston Churchill.
  • 1940 –
    Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
  • 1945 –
    William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
  • 1965 –
    Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
  • 1983 –
    Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • 1994 –
    The Troubles: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) open fire inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, killing six civilians and wounding five.
  • 2006 –
    The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.

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