December 18th, 1459

Born on December 18th, 1459

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 206,000 days old!

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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

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

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

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

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

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

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

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

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

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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

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

71

Bettina Rheims

French artist and photographer

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

62

Brian Orser

Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach

*December 18th, 1961, Belleville

82

Joan Wallach Scott

American academic

*December 18th, 1941, Brooklyn

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Born in 1459

59

Maximilian I

Holy Roman Emperor

*March 22nd, 1459, Wiener Neustadt †January 12th, 1519, Wels

64

Adrian VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523

*March 2nd, 1459, Utrecht †September 14th, 1523, Rome

66

Jakob Fugger

German merchant (1459-1526)

*March 6th, 1459, Augsburg †December 30th, 1525, Augsburg

77

Paul Hofhaimer

Austrian organist and composer

*January 25th, 1459, Radstadt †January 1st, 1537, Salzburg

49

Conrad Celtes

German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459-1508)

*February 1st, 1459, Wipfeld †February 4th, 1508, Vienna

47

Martin Behaim

German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal

*October 6th, 1459, Nuremberg †July 29th, 1507, Lisbon

41

John I Albert

King of Poland

*December 27th, 1459, Kraków †June 17th, 1501, Toruń

64

Bernhard Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden

German theologian and renaissance humanist

*May 27th, 1459, Schechingen †December 16th, 1523, Eichstätt

77

Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal

Spanish chaplain

*December 7th, 1459, Villaescusa de Haro †August 11th, 1537, Cuenca

49

John I, Count Palatine of Simmern

Count Palatine of Simmern

*May 15th, 1459, Starkenburg †January 27th, 1509, Starkenburg

35

Şehzade Cem Sultan

Ottoman şehzade (pretender prince) who has become sultan for a short time

*December 22nd, 1459, Edirne †March 6th, 1495, Capua

564

Fernando del Rincón

Spanish painter

*November 30th, 1459, Guadalajara

69

John Skelton

English poet and tutor (1463-1529)

*November 30th, 1459, England †June 21st, 1529, Westminster

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1459 is a normal year and no leap year.

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