18 July

18 July is the 199th day of a year (200th in leap years). There are 166 days remaining until the end of the year.

Behind the scenes

 * 1817: Jane Austen, the muggle author who wrote Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility, dies.
 * 1948: James Faulkner, the actor who voiced Severus Snape in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is born.
 * 2011: Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story is first broadcast.