June 18th, 1881

Born on June 18th, 1881

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 was designated a monument historique.

June 18th, 2012

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

June 18th, 2009

NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.

June 18th, 1994

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

June 18th, 1983

Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.

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.

June 18th, 1972

British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the UK.

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

Born on June 18th, 1881

74

Zoltán Halmay

Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1881-1956)

*June 18th, 1881, Vysoká pri Morave †May 20th, 1956, Budapest

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Who's birthday is on June 18th?

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

86

Keye Luke

American actor (1904-1991)

*June 18th, 1904, Guangzhou †January 12th, 1991, Whittier

67

Georgi Dimitrov

Bulgarian politician (1882-1949)

*June 18th, 1882, Kovachevtsi †July 2nd, 1949, Barvikha

44

Theodus Crane

American actor

*June 18th, 1979, Atlanta

60

Lech Kaczyński

Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949-2010)

*June 18th, 1949, Warsaw †April 10th, 2010, Smolensk

82

James Montgomery Flagg

American artist (1877-1960)

*June 18th, 1877, Pelham Manor †May 25th, 1960, New York City

69

Dick Foran

Actor (1910-1979)

*June 18th, 1910, Flemington †August 10th, 1979, Panorama City

76

Linda Thorson

Canadian actress

*June 18th, 1947, Toronto

34

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabonese, French and Spanish association football player

*June 18th, 1989, Laval

65

Peter Altmaier

German politician

*June 18th, 1958, Ensdorf

17

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

*June 18th, 1901, Petergof †July 17th, 1918, Ipatiev House

52

Kerry Butler

American recording artist; actress and singer

*June 18th, 1971, Brooklyn

76

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

French physician

*June 18th, 1845, Paris †May 18th, 1922, Paris

62

Alison Moyet

British singer

*June 18th, 1961, Billericay

86

Édouard Daladier

French politician (1884-1970)

*June 18th, 1884, Carpentras †October 10th, 1970, Paris

47

Con Conrad

American songwriter, record producer (1891-1938)

*June 18th, 1891, Manhattan †September 28th, 1938, Van Nuys

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Born in 1881

91

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

*October 25th, 1881, Málaga †April 8th, 1973, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins

91

George Alan Thomas

English badminton, chess and tennis player

*June 14th, 1881, Tarabya †July 23rd, 1972, London

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

63

Harry Hillman

American athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1881, Brooklyn †August 9th, 1945, Hanover

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

73

Alcide De Gasperi

Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)

*April 3rd, 1881, Pieve Tesino †August 19th, 1954, Borgo Valsugana

81

John XXIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963 (1881-1963)

*November 25th, 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII †June 3rd, 1963, Apostolic Palace

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

93

P. G. Wodehouse

English author (1881–1975)

*October 15th, 1881, Guildford †February 14th, 1975, Village of Southampton

64

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer and pianist

*March 25th, 1881, Sânnicolau Mare †September 26th, 1945, New York City

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

*March 23rd, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine †August 22nd, 1958, Château du Tertre

62

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

80

Felix Rütten

German priest, church historian, theologian and historian (1881-1961)

*January 7th, 1881, Kempen †December 18th, 1961, Kempen

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

76

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

*December 23rd, 1881, Moguer †May 29th, 1958, San Juan

77

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

*August 12th, 1881, Ashfield †January 21st, 1959, Hollywood

92

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist

*September 29th, 1881, Lviv †October 10th, 1973, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1881 is a normal year and no leap year.

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