August 18th, 1344

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Born on August 18th, 1344 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1344)

Born on August 18th, 1344

Weekday

Tuesday

August 18th, 1344 was a Tuesday.

Age

679

People born on August 18th, 1344 will turn 680 this year (2024), in exactly 105 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1344 - August 23rd, 1344

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 248,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 740 days, exactly on May 15th, 2026, people who were born on August 18th, 1344 will be 249,000 days old!

248,260 Days

35,465 Weeks

8,156 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

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

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

Lucienne Boyer

French singer (1901-1983)

*August 18th, 1901, 6th arrondissement of Paris †December 6th, 1983, 10th arrondissement of Paris

Michael Greis

German biathlete

*August 18th, 1976, Füssen

Are Strandli

Norwegian rower

*August 18th, 1988, Stavanger

Giulio Tremonti

Italian politician.

*August 18th, 1947, Sondrio

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)

*August 18th, 1830, Schönbrunn Palace †November 21st, 1916, Schönbrunn Palace

David Dewhurst

American businessman

*August 18th, 1945, Houston

Hans van Mierlo

Dutch politician (1931–2010)

*August 18th, 1931, Breda †March 11th, 2010, Amsterdam

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

*August 18th, 1750, Legnago †May 7th, 1825, Vienna

Felipe Calderón

63th President of Mexico

*August 18th, 1962, Morelia

Timothy Snyder

American historian

*August 18th, 1969, Dayton

Cédric Vasseur

Road bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1970, Hazebrouck

Krists Neilands

Latvian cyclist

*August 18th, 1994, Ventspils

Patrick Swayze

American actor, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

*August 18th, 1952, Houston †September 14th, 2009, Los Angeles

Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau

*August 18th, 1755, Altenburg †July 15th, 1830, Neustädtel

Liviu Librescu

Romanian-Israeli-American scientist and Holocaust survivor, killed in Virginia Tech massacre

*August 18th, 1930, Ploiești †April 16th, 2007, Virginia Tech

Markus Meckel

German theologian and politician

*August 18th, 1952, Müncheberg

Hugues Aufray

French recording artist; singer

*August 18th, 1929, Neuilly-sur-Seine

John Lieswyn

American racing cyclist and New Zealand transport planner

*August 18th, 1968, Pittsburgh

Kristýna Fleissnerová

Czech rower

*August 18th, 1992, Prague

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.VIII.MCCCXLIV

18.8.1344

Legend

M = 1000

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1344 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
August 1344

August 1344

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August 18th, 1344

Born on August 18th, 1344

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 248,000 days old!

248,260 Days

35,465 Weeks

8,156 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 18th?

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Agapitus of Palestrina

Alberto Hurtado

Daig of Inniskeen

Evan (or Inan)

Fiacre

Florus and Laurus

Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)

William Porcher DuBose (Episcopal Church)

August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Arbor Day (Pakistan)

Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)

Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)

Constitution Day (Indonesia)

Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)

National Science Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.8.1344

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 248,000 days old!

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Calendar
August 1344

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31						1	2
32	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
33	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
34	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
35	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
36	31