June 18th, 1851

Born on June 18th, 1851

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 63,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 43 days, exactly on September 8th, 2026, people who were born on June 18th, 1851 will be 64,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 18th?

June 18th, 1954

Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.

June 18th, 1953

A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.

June 18th, 1940

World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.

June 18th, 1858

Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.

June 18th, 1815

War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.

June 18th, 1757

Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up the Siege of Prague and retreat to Saxony.

June 18th, 0618

Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.

June 18th, 1898

The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon (pictured) in Bar-le-Duc, France, was designated a monument historique.

June 18th, 2023

The Titan submersible imploded during a dive to the RMS Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard.

June 18th, 2012

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

June 18th, 2009

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA's first mission to the Moon in more than ten years, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

June 18th, 1994

The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six people.

June 18th, 1983

Aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman and third one overall in space.

June 18th, 1982

The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.

June 18th, 1981

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.

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

Same year
Born in 1851

69

Adalbert Ricken

German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist

*March 18th, 1851, Fulda †March 1st, 1921, Fulda

70

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

French politician (1851-1921)

*February 8th, 1851, Strasbourg †April 20th, 1921, Osthouse

64

Silvanus P. Thompson

British academic physicist (1851-1916)

*June 19th, 1851, York †June 12th, 1916, Greater London

84

Francis Bell

New Zealand politician (1851-1936)

*March 31st, 1851, Nelson †March 13th, 1936, Wellington

75

André Wormser

French composer

*November 1st, 1851, Paris †November 4th, 1926, Paris

82

Dora Montefiore

Suffragette, socialist, writer

*December 20th, 1851, Coulsdon †December 21st, 1933, Hastings

74

Léon Bourgeois

French statesman (1851-1925)

*May 29th, 1851, former 9th arrondissement of Paris †September 29th, 1925, Épernay

69

Emilia Pardo Bazán

Spanish author, editor (1851–1922)

*September 16th, 1851, A Coruña †May 12th, 1921, Madrid

77

Ferdinand Foch

French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)

*October 2nd, 1851, Tarbes †March 20th, 1929, Paris

90

Arthur Evans

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

*July 8th, 1851, Nash Mills †July 11th, 1941, Youlbury House

80

Melvil Dewey

American librarian

*December 10th, 1851, Adams Center †December 26th, 1931, Lake Placid

71

Jacobus Kapteyn

Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922)

*January 19th, 1851, Barneveld †June 18th, 1922, Amsterdam

73

Aristide Bruant

French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner (1851–1925)

*May 6th, 1851, Courtenay †February 10th, 1925, 18th arrondissement of Paris

79

Adolf von Harnack

Baltic German theologian and prominent church historian

*May 7th, 1851, Tartu †June 10th, 1930, Heidelberg

79

Vincent d'Indy

French composer and teacher

*March 27th, 1851, Paris †November 30th, 1930, Paris

80

David Starr Jordan

American ichthyologist and educator (1851-1931)

*January 19th, 1851, Gainesville †September 19th, 1931, Stanford

59

Georg Jellinek

German philosopher (1851-1911)

*June 16th, 1851, Leipzig †January 12th, 1911, Heidelberg

58

Clément Cabanettes

Frenchman who settled in Argentina

*August 14th, 1851, Lassouts †July 14th, 1910, Buenos Aires

71

Rosario de Acuña

Spanish writer, poet and playwright

*November 1st, 1851, Madrid †May 5th, 1923, Gijón

75

Giuseppe Allamano

Italian Roman Catholic priest (1851-1926)

*January 21st, 1851, Castelnuovo Don Bosco †February 16th, 1926, Turin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1851 is a normal year and no leap year.

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