Day Guide for Sunday February 18th 2024

This is our day guide for Sunday February 18th 2024 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on February 18th 2024

Drink Wine Day 🍷

Alcohol
International

Whatever it is, you can definitely wine about it today. It’s National Drink Wine Day.

World Whale Day 🐳

Celebrate World Whale Day and join a global movement to protect these majestic creatures, learn their significance, and make a difference for our oceans.

National Battery Day 🔋

General
USA

Introduced to appreciate the convenience batteries have introduced to people's lives.

National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day

Gambia Independence Day

Gambia

Gambia gained full independence from colonial Britain on 18 February 1965.

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General Information for February 18th 2024

There are 4 observances on this day.
This was 354 days ago.
Day 49 of 2024
317 days left in 2024
Week 07 of the year

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On this Day in History

1991 - Another London rail disaster happens when an IRA bomb explodes by the barrier line to platforms 3 and 4.
1965 - The Gambia is admitted to the Commonwealth as an independent state, with Queen Elizabeth II as its Head of State.
1930 - The planet Pluto (reclassified as dwarf planet in 2006) is discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
1885 - Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor of China, dies. His grandiose life is depicted in the poem 'Kubla Khan' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.