On July 5, 1947, the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act. On July 18, 1947, the then-British monarch, George VI, gave his royal assent. The Act abolished the British Crown's title of "Emperor of India." George VI issued a royal proclamation removing the title "Emperor of India" from his titles and styles.

Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana, an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's team, was born on July 18, 1996. She was named the Best Women's International Cricketer by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in June 2018. The Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year was presented to her by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in December 2018.

Mark Gordon Burgess (born July 17, 1944) was the captain of the New Zealand cricket team from 1978 to 1980. With his right arm, he batted right-handed and bowled off-breaks. He was a member of the first New Zealand One Day International team (ODI).

The Indian Space Research Organization launched a series of satellites known as Rohini (ISRO). The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, three of which successfully orbited after being launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV). The satellites in this series were mostly experimental. In 1980, the first Indian satellite, Rohini 1, was launched into orbit.

H. S. Prannoy is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy is from Thiruvananthapuram and currently holds the world number 8 ranking, which he achieved in June 2018. He went to Kendriya Vidyalaya Akkulam for his education.

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, a British billionaire, entrepreneur, commercial astronaut, and business magnate, was born on July 18, 1950. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which now owns over 400 companies in various fields.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress, producer, model, and singer who was born on July 18, 1982. Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses, having won the Miss World pageant in 2000. She's won a slew of awards, including two National Film Awards and five Filmfares. In 2016, the Indian government awarded her the Padma Shri, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people, and Forbes named her one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in the following two years.

Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was a Hindi film actor, film producer, and politician. Between 1969 and 1971, he was dubbed the "First Superstar of Indian Cinema" after starring in a record 15 successful films in a row. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was the highest-paid actor in Hindi cinema. Four BFJA Awards and five Filmfare Awards have been bestowed upon him, and in 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.

Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an actor and producer from the United States. He is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise, and is one of the world's highest-grossing actors. Diesel started auditioning for roles in the early 1990s but was unsuccessful, so he decided to make his own low-budget film instead. Multi-Facial, a short film he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in, was released in 1995.

On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor aboard the French frigate Isère, in 214 boxes containing the deconstructed gift from the people of France. A quarter-million people crowded Battery Park, as hundreds of vessels anchored in the bay to greet the Isère. The Statue of Liberty was intended to mark the American Revolution's 100th anniversary in 1876. On Oct. 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland, a former New York governor, dedicated the statue in front of tens of thousands of visitors.

Andre Ryan Adams (born 17 July 1975 in Auckland) is a former Caribbean cricketer and New Zealand cricket coach. Adams made his international debut for New Zealand in March 2002, but back injuries during the West Indies tour of 2002 allowed Jacob Oram to overtake him in the pecking order, limiting him to just one Test match.