What is Today, July 18th? Holidays, Events, and Historical Events

What is Today, July 18th? Holidays, Events, and Historical Events

Today is July 18, 2023. Here are some of the holidays, events, and historical events that happened on this day:

Holidays and Observances

  • National Hot Dog Day
  • World Listening Day
  • Nelson Mandela International Day
  • Perfect Family Day
  • Insurance Nerd Day
  • National Caviar Day
  • National Sour Candy Day

Historical Events

  • AD 64: The Great Fire of Rome destroys half of the city over a six-day period.
  • 1290: The Edict of Expulsion issued by King Edward I of England banishes all Jews from England.
  • 1723: Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136, in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after Trinity.
  • 1806: A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
  • 1812: The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
  • 1841: Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
  • 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.
  • 1862: First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
  • 1914: The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, which gives official status to aircraft in the U.S. Army.
  • 1925: Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
  • 1942: The Germans test-fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • 1944: World War II: Hideki Tj resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
  • 1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
  • 1966: A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.

Birthdays

  • Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist
  • Priyanka Chopra (1982), Indian actress, model, and singer
  • Kristen Bell (1980), American actress, comedian, and singer

Today is July 18, 2023. Here are some of the holidays, events, and historical events that happened in India on this day:

Historical Events

  • 1857: The Battle of Ambala takes place during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
  • 1947: The Indian Independence Act is passed by the British Parliament, granting India independence from British rule.
  • 1965: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins.
  • 1996: The Pokhran-II nuclear tests are conducted by India.

Birthdays

  • 1924: P. V. Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India
  • 1950: M. S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist
  • 1960: A. R. Rahman, music composer

I hope you have a wonderful day!

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