At A Glance

18 July 2014 at a glance

Day of the week
18 July 2014 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “It's My Birthday” by will.i.am ft. Cody Wise.
Top Film of 2014
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 July 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 July 2014 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 18 July

  • 1968 Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
  • 1976 Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
  • 1992 A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
  • 1995 On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
  • 2013 The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Famous people born on 18 July

  • Kristen Bell, American actress (born 1980)
  • Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer (born 1982)
  • James Norton, English actor (born 1985)
  • Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1967)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2014 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 May – House of Lords Reform Act 2014 allows members of the House of Lords to retire, resign or be removed.
  • 22 May – 2014 European Parliament election: Results show a significant increase in support for UKIP, as they take the most seats, above both the Conservatives and Labour. The Labour Party also make gains, while the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have poor showings.
  • 23 July – The 2014 Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow.

Life in 2014

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.25

Loaf of Bread

£1.40

Average House

£186,553

Weekly Wage

£747.00

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