November 18th, 1238

Born on November 18th, 1238

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 92 days, exactly on August 29th, 2024, people who were born on November 18th, 1238 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 18th?

November 18th, 2017

Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.

November 18th, 2014

Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.

November 18th, 2003

With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.

November 18th, 1999

Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.

November 18th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.

November 18th, 1987

An underground fire killed 31 people at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London.

November 18th, 1985

Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson that was at its height one of the most popular in the world, was first published.

November 18th, 1978

Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.

November 18th, 1977

Solomon Islands ratified the adoption of a new flag (pictured).

November 18th, 1956

At the Polish embassy in Moscow, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said "We will bury you" while addressing Western envoys, prompting them to leave the room.

November 18th, 1872

American suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for having voted in the presidential election two weeks earlier.

November 18th, 1865

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, becoming the first great success of American author Mark Twain (pictured).

November 18th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: In the Bay of Bengal, a French frigate squadron captured three East Indiamen mainly carrying recruits for the Indian Army.

November 18th, 1583

The Siege of Godes­berg, the first major siege of the Cologne War, began.

November 18th, 1210

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was ex­com­mu­ni­cated by Pope Innocent III after Otto commanded him to annul the Concordat of Worms.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 18th?

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

63

Louis Daguerre

French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)

*November 18th, 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis †July 10th, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

71

Delroy Lindo

English actor

*November 18th, 1952, Eltham

90

George Wald

Nobel laureate

*November 18th, 1906, New York City †April 12th, 1997, Cambridge

81

Susan Sullivan

American actress (b. 1942)

*November 18th, 1942, New York City

55

Owen Wilson

American actor (born 1968)

*November 18th, 1968, Dallas

41

Justin Anthony Knapp

First person to log more than 1 million edits to the English Wikipedia

*November 18th, 1982, Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis

62

David Hemmings

English actor and director (1941–2003)

*November 18th, 1941, Guildford †December 3rd, 2003, Bucharest

92

Imogene Coca

American comic actress (1908–2001)

*November 18th, 1908, Philadelphia †June 2nd, 2001, Westport

61

Clarence Day

American writer

*November 18th, 1874, New York City †December 28th, 1935, New York City

67

Justin Raimondo

American activist

*November 18th, 1951, White Plains †June 27th, 2019, Sebastopol

54

Daphne Rubin-Vega

American musician and actor

*November 18th, 1969, Panama City

24

Róbert Boženík

Slovak association football player

*November 18th, 1999, Terchová

63

Kim Wilde

English pop singer (born 1960)

*November 18th, 1960, London

79

Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020

*November 18th, 1940, Salalah †January 10th, 2020, Seeb

39

Carl Maria von Weber

German Romantic composer (1786–1826)

*November 18th, 1786, Eutin †June 5th, 1826, London

86

John McMartin

American actor and singer

*November 18th, 1929, Warsaw †July 6th, 2016, Manhattan

49

Chloë Sevigny

American actress (b.1974)

*November 18th, 1974, Springfield

66

Johnny Mercer

American lyricist, songwriter, singer and record executive

*November 18th, 1909, Savannah †June 25th, 1976, Hollywood

60

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

*November 18th, 1963, Gladsaxe

78

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Ex. President of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

*November 18th, 1945, Weeraketiya

70

Alan Moore

British comic book author (born 1953)

*November 18th, 1953, Northampton

61

Kirk Hammett

American guitarist (born 1962)

*November 18th, 1962, San Francisco

74

Alan Shepard

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

*November 18th, 1923, Derry †July 21st, 1998, Pebble Beach

84

John O'Keefe

American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

*November 18th, 1939, New York City

90

Jacques Maritain

French philosopher

*November 18th, 1882, 9th arrondissement of Paris †April 28th, 1973, Toulouse

80

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860–1941)

*November 18th, 1860, Kurilivka †June 29th, 1941, New York City

38

Allyson Felix

American track and field athlete

*November 18th, 1985, Los Angeles

53

Mike Epps

American actor, musician and comedian

*November 18th, 1970, Indianapolis

47

Steven Pasquale

American actor

*November 18th, 1976, Hershey

32

Nikias Arndt

German cyclist

*November 18th, 1991, Buchholz in der Nordheide

75

Marlies Schoch

Swiss politician (1940-2016)

*November 18th, 1940, Herisau †April 24th, 2016

37

James Thompson

South African rower

*November 18th, 1986, Cape Town

51

Joost Zwagerman

Dutch writer, poet, and essayist

*November 18th, 1963, Alkmaar †September 8th, 2015, Haarlem

53

Peta Wilson

Australian actress

*November 18th, 1970, Sydney

73

Alfonso La Marmora

Italian general and statesman (1804-1878)

*November 18th, 1804, Turin †January 5th, 1878, Florence

42

Klaus Mann

German writer

*November 18th, 1906, Munich †May 21st, 1949, Cannes

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1238 is a normal year and no leap year.

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