| General Information for July 18th 2016 |
| There are 4 public holidays today. |
| Day 200 of 2016 |
| 166 days left in 2016 |
| Week 29 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1972 - Some 118 people are killed when a plane crashes two minutes after taking off from London's Heathrow Airport. |
| 1970 - Gruff Rhys, lead singer of the welsh band Super Furry Animals, is born in Haverfordwest. |
| 1936 - The Spanish Civil War begins with an attempted coup on the Spanish Republic by Spanish officers led by Franco. |
| 1545 - The French Armada drops anchor off St Helens, in the events leading up to the shipwreck of the Mary Rose. |