December 18th, 1242

Born on December 18th, 1242

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

December 18th, 1865

US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.

December 18th, 1793

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

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

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

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

81

Ulrich Wilcken

German historian (1862–1944)

*December 18th, 1862, Szczecin †December 10th, 1944, Baden-Baden

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

78

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

*December 18th, 1913, Sankt Lorenz †October 8th, 1992, Unkel

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

62

Brian Orser

Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach

*December 18th, 1961, Belleville

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

82

Joan Wallach Scott

American academic

*December 18th, 1941, Brooklyn

71

Bettina Rheims

French artist and photographer

*December 18th, 1952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

John Hall

New Zealand politician (1824-1907)

*December 18th, 1824, Kingston upon Hull †June 25th, 1907, Christchurch

49

Justin Edinburgh

English association football player and manager (1969-2019)

*December 18th, 1969, Basildon †June 8th, 2019, Basildon

48

Michael Barry

Canadian cyclist

*December 18th, 1975, Toronto

53

Ernest Hoschedé

French businessman

*December 18th, 1837, Paris †March 18th, 1891, 9th arrondissement of Paris

60

Isabelle Duchesnay

French ice dancer

*December 18th, 1963, Aylmer

35

Lizzie Deignan

English track and road racing cyclist

*December 18th, 1988, Otley

28

Mads Pedersen

Danish cyclist, born 1995

*December 18th, 1995, Tølløse

69

Roland Claus

German politician

*December 18th, 1954, Hettstedt

45

Katie Holmes

American actress, director, and producer

*December 18th, 1978, Toledo

40

Janez Brajkovič

Road bicycle racer (1983-)

*December 18th, 1983, Metlika

80

Keith Richards

British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

*December 18th, 1943, Dartford

75

Lynn Bari

American actress (1913–1989)

*December 18th, 1913, Roanoke †November 20th, 1989, Santa Barbara

62

Christina of Sweden

Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654

*December 18th, 1626, Stockholm †April 19th, 1689, Rome

64

Hendrik Bolkestein

Dutch classical scholar

*December 18th, 1877, Amsterdam †July 24th, 1942, Utrecht

63

Yoon Suk Yeol

President of the Republic of Korea

*December 18th, 1960, Seodaemun District

55

Pierre Nkurunziza

President of Burundi from 2005 to 2020

*December 18th, 1964, Ngozi †June 8th, 2020, Karuzi

67

Ray Liotta

American actor (1954–2022)

*December 18th, 1954, Newark †May 26th, 2022, Dominican Republic

34

Ashley Benson

American actress

*December 18th, 1989, Anaheim

75

Yuri Nikulin

Soviet and Russian actor and clown (1921-1997)

*December 18th, 1921, Demidov †August 21st, 1997, Moscow

58

Claudia Effenberg

German sports coach

*December 18th, 1965, Hamburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1242 is a normal year and no leap year.

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