Born on July 18
July 18 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 18, you share a birthday with Nelson Mandela, Hendrik Lorentz and Priyanka Chopra. July 18 babies are Cancer, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 18 is the 200th day of the year in leap years (199th in other years).
Famous people born on July 18
- 1918Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1853Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1982Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer
- 1967Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1811William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet
- 1980Kristen Bell, American actress
- 1950Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
- 1922Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher
- 1937Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author
- 1933Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright
What happened on July 18
- 1334The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
- 1555The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
- 1723Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.
- 1841Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
- 1862First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
- 1870The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- 1872The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
- 1966Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
- 1968Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
- 1976At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 for her routine on the uneven bars.
- 1992A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
- 1995Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was posthumously released.
Also observed on July 18
- Constitution Day (Uruguay)
- Nelson Mandela International Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 18?
People born on July 18 are Cancer. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 18?
Nelson Mandela (1918), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Vin Diesel (1967), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Kristen Bell (1980) were all born on July 18.
What happened on July 18 in history?
Among other things: in 1976, At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 for her routine on the uneven bars; in 1992, A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web; in 1995, Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was posthumously released.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 18?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 18 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 18”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.