December 18th, 1847

Born on December 18th, 1847

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on December 18th, 1847

55

Augusta Holmès

French composer

*December 18th, 1847, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †January 28th, 1903, 17th arrondissement of Paris

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Who's birthday is on December 18th?

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

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

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

81

Ulrich Wilcken

German historian (1862–1944)

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

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

84

Roger Smith

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

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

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

53

Ernest Hoschedé

French businessman

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

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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

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

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

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

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

78

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

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

82

John Hall

New Zealand politician (1824-1907)

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

87

Roger Allin

American politician

*December 18th, 1848, Devon †January 1st, 1936, Park River

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

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

83

J. J. Thomson

British physicist (1856-1940)

*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

Same year
Born in 1847

84

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847-1931)

*February 11th, 1847, Milan †October 18th, 1931, West Orange

75

Alexander Graham Bell

British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)

*March 3rd, 1847, Edinburgh †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh

86

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec

70

Max Bösenberg

German architect

*July 3rd, 1847, Leipzig †May 23rd, 1918, Leipzig

64

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

*November 8th, 1847, Clontarf †April 20th, 1912, St George's Square

73

Adolf von Hildebrand

German sculptor

*October 6th, 1847, Marburg †January 18th, 1921, Munich

69

Wilhelm Effmann

German architect and historian (1847–1917)

*September 14th, 1847, Essen †May 23rd, 1917, Bonn

79

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

*June 9th, 1847, Buda †July 31st, 1926, Velence

83

Otto Wallach

German chemist

*March 27th, 1847, Königsberg †February 26th, 1931, Göttingen

74

Nikolay Zhukovsky

Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

*January 5th, 1847, Orekhovo, Vladimir oblast †March 17th, 1921, Moscow

34

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

*September 5th, 1847, Kearney †April 3rd, 1882, St. Joseph

64

Joseph Pulitzer

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

*April 10th, 1847, Makó †October 29th, 1911, Charleston

75

George Robert Sims

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

*September 2nd, 1847, London Borough of Lambeth †September 4th, 1922, City of Westminster

85

Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

*October 1st, 1847, Clapham †September 20th, 1933, Adyar

74

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

*November 2nd, 1847, Cherbourg †August 29th, 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Emil Ferdinand Fehling

German lawyer, civil law notary, historian and politician (1847-1927)

*August 3rd, 1847, Lübeck †August 3rd, 1927, Lübeck

61

Afonso Pena

6th president of brazil

*November 30th, 1847, Santa Bárbara †June 14th, 1909, Rio de Janeiro

28

Hristo Botev

Bulgarian poet and revolutionary

*December 25th, 1847, Kalofer †May 20th, 1876

54

Paul Alexis

Novelist, dramatist and journalist

*June 16th, 1847, Aix-en-Provence †July 28th, 1901, Levallois-Perret

63

Ernest Crofts

British artist (1847-1911)

*September 15th, 1847, Leeds †March 19th, 1911, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1847 is a normal year and no leap year.

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