| General Information for July 18th 2017 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 199 of 2017 |
| 166 days left in 2017 |
| Week 29 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1966 - Gemini X, one of the Apollo Pathfinders, launches. |
| 1936 - The Spanish Civil War begins with an attempted coup on the Spanish Republic by Spanish officers led by Franco. |
| 1918 - Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is born. |
| 1545 - The French Armada drops anchor off St Helens, in the events leading up to the shipwreck of the Mary Rose. |