January 18th, 1918

Born on January 18th, 1918

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 38,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 186 days, exactly on October 28th, 2024, people who were born on January 18th, 1918 will be 39,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

January 18th, 2023

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

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

Born on January 18th, 1918

26

Aleksandr Klubov

Soviet aviator (1918-1944)

*January 18th, 1918, Yarunovo †November 1st, 1944, Stalowa Wola

94

Howie Richmond

American music industry executive (1918-2012)

*January 18th, 1918, Queens †May 20th, 2012, Rancho Mirage

87

Ricard Viladesau

Spanish composer (1918-2005)

*January 18th, 1918, Calonge i Sant Antoni †January 26th, 2005, Barcelona

78

Gustave Gingras

Canadian physician, founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation

*January 18th, 1918, Montreal †May 9th, 1996, Prince Edward Island

90

Peter Mamakos

American actor (1918-2008)

*January 18th, 1918, Somerville †April 27th, 2008, Paso Robles

97

Richard LaSalle

American composer (1918-2015)

*January 18th, 1918, Louisville †April 5th, 2015, Carmel-by-the-Sea

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Who's birthday is on January 18th?

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

68

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

74

Danny Kaye

American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)

*January 18th, 1913, Brooklyn †March 3rd, 1987, Los Angeles

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

82

Cary Grant

British-American actor (1904–1986)

*January 18th, 1904, Bristol †November 29th, 1986, Davenport

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

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Born in 1918

95

Nelson Mandela

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

*July 18th, 1918, Mvezo †December 5th, 2013, Houghton Estate

84

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003)

*May 18th, 1918, Mogliano †January 5th, 2003, Rome

89

Ingmar Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

*July 14th, 1918, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly †July 30th, 2007, Fårö parish

97

Patricio Aylwin

Chilean politician and former president (1918-2016)

*November 26th, 1918, Viña del Mar †April 19th, 2016, Providencia

91

Lucian Pulvermacher

Pope

*April 20th, 1918, Wisconsin †November 30th, 2009, Springdale

96

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany (1974-1982), SPD

*December 23rd, 1918, Hamburg †November 10th, 2015, Hamburg

89

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer and historian (1918–2008)

*December 11th, 1918, Kislovodsk †August 3rd, 2008, Moscow

69

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

*May 11th, 1918, Queens †February 15th, 1988, Los Angeles

72

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

*August 25th, 1918, Lawrence †October 14th, 1990, New York City

99

Teoh Seng Khoon

Badminton player

*November 8th, 1918, Ipoh †July 31st, 2018, Ipoh

62

Anwar Sadat

President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981

*December 25th, 1918, Mit Abu al-Kum †October 6th, 1981, Cairo

71

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Romanian communist leader from 1965 to 1989

*January 26th, 1918, Scornicești †December 25th, 1989, Târgoviște

85

Art Carney

American actor and comedian (1918-2003)

*November 4th, 1918, Mount Vernon †November 9th, 2003, Chester

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

*March 29th, 1918, Kingfisher †April 5th, 1992, Little Rock

52

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

*January 15th, 1918, Alexandria †September 28th, 1970, Cairo

90

Fred Crane

American film and television actor and radio announcer (1918-2008)

*March 22nd, 1918, New Orleans †August 21st, 2008, Atlanta

68

Robert Preston

American actor and singer (1918–1987)

*June 8th, 1918, Massachusetts †March 21st, 1987, Montecito

32

Robert Walker

American actor (1918-1951)

*October 13th, 1918, Salt Lake City †August 28th, 1951, Los Angeles

56

Jacqueline Susann

American writer and actress (1918-1974)

*August 20th, 1918, Philadelphia †September 21st, 1974, New York City

68

Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

*October 17th, 1918, New York City †May 14th, 1987, Upper West Side

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1918 is a normal year and no leap year.

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