March 18th, 1854

Born on March 18th, 1854

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 62,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 18th?

March 18th, 1277

Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.

March 18th, 2019

Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.

March 18th, 1990

Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 18th, 1977

The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.

March 18th, 1970

U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.

March 18th, 1969

Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

March 18th, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.

March 18th, 1959

Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

March 18th, 1938

Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas issued a decree expropriating foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities, which were later incorporated into Pemex, a state-owned petroleum company.

March 18th, 1921

Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.

March 18th, 1915

First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.

March 18th, 1906

Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.

March 18th, 1892

Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

March 18th, 1241

First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.

March 18th, 0363

A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

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

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

55

Rudolf Diesel

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)

*March 18th, 1858, Paris †September 30th, 1913, English Channel

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

69

Adalbert Ricken

German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist

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

71

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

56

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

71

Neville Chamberlain

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940

*March 18th, 1869, Birmingham †November 9th, 1940, Reading

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

26

Zhou Chaomin

Chinese badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Guangdong

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

29

Jaromír Janáček

Czech badminton player

*March 18th, 1995, Český Krumlov

88

Hanne Sobek

German association football player and manager (1900–1989)

*March 18th, 1900, Mirow †February 17th, 1989, Berlin

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61

Paul Ehrlich

German physician and scientist

*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

46

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, Berlin

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

63

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

*March 15th, 1854, Ławice †March 31st, 1917, Marburg

37

Arthur Rimbaud

French poet (1854–1891)

*October 20th, 1854, Charleville (Ardennes) †November 10th, 1891, Marseille

78

Helen Nicol

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

*May 29th, 1854, Edinburgh †November 22nd, 1932, Dunedin

54

Francis Marion Crawford

Novelist, short story writer, essayist (1854-1909)

*August 2nd, 1854, Bagni di Lucca †April 9th, 1909, Campania

76

George Whitefield Chadwick

American composer (1854-1931)

*November 13th, 1854, Lowell †April 4th, 1931, Boston

85

Gabriel Deville

French politician and diplomat (1854-1940)

*March 8th, 1854, Tarbes †February 28th, 1940, Viroflay

89

Henri La Fontaine

Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)

*April 22nd, 1854, City of Brussels †May 14th, 1943, City of Brussels

73

Émile Basly

French trade unionist

*March 29th, 1854, Valenciennes †February 11th, 1928, Lens

86

Louis Marie Cordonnier

French architect

*July 7th, 1854, Haubourdin †November 20th, 1940, Peyrillac-et-Millac

52

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

Dutch chemist

*October 24th, 1854, Alkmaar †February 2nd, 1907, Amsterdam

51

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist

*October 20th, 1854, Honfleur †October 28th, 1905, Paris

71

Thomas Riley Marshall

Vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*March 14th, 1854, North Manchester †June 1st, 1925, Washington, D.C.

77

George Eastman

American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer

*July 12th, 1854, Waterville †March 14th, 1932, Rochester

84

Karl Kautsky

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

*October 16th, 1854, Prague †October 17th, 1938, Amsterdam

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1854 is a normal year and no leap year.

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