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!