June 18th, 1898

Born on June 18th, 1898

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 18th, 1898?

June 18th, 1898

The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon was designated a monument historique.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Tomb_of_René_of_Chalon

What else 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, 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, 1898

86

Carmelo Goyenechea

Spanish association football player (1898-1984)

*June 18th, 1898, Deusto †November 10th, 1984, Bilbao

77

Samuel Elzevier de Jongh

Dutch pharmacologist (1898-1976)

*June 18th, 1898, Scheveningen †May 29th, 1976, Leiden

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

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

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

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

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

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

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

86

Keye Luke

American actor (1904-1991)

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

69

Dick Foran

Actor (1910-1979)

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

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

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

60

Lech Kaczyński

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

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

44

Theodus Crane

American actor

*June 18th, 1979, Atlanta

92

Llewellyn Rees

British actor

*June 18th, 1901, Charmouth †January 7th, 1994, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

76

Linda Thorson

Canadian actress

*June 18th, 1947, Toronto

65

Peter Altmaier

German politician

*June 18th, 1958, Ensdorf

78

Pedro López Lagar

Argentine actor (1899-1977)

*June 18th, 1899, Madrid †August 21st, 1977, Buenos Aires

34

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabonese, French and Spanish association football player

*June 18th, 1989, Laval

94

Jürgen Habermas

German sociologist and philosopher (born 1929)

*June 18th, 1929, Düsseldorf

52

Kerry Butler

American recording artist; actress and singer

*June 18th, 1971, Brooklyn

47

Con Conrad

American songwriter, record producer (1891-1938)

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

62

Alison Moyet

British singer

*June 18th, 1961, Billericay

90

Blanche Sweet

American actress

*June 18th, 1896, Chicago †September 6th, 1986, New York City

Same year
Born in 1898

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

77

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, theatre director (1898-1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

72

Theodor Lohrmann

German association football player

*September 7th, 1898, Heidelberg †September 4th, 1971

70

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

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Public holidays on June 18th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1898 is a normal year and no leap year.

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