July 15th, 1918

Born on July 15th, 1918

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 371 days, exactly on April 24th, 2025, people who were born on July 15th, 1918 will be 39,000 days old!

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What happened on July 15th, 1918?

July 15th, 1918

World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.

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What else happened on July 15th?

July 15th, 2012

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

July 15th, 2009

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.

July 15th, 1983

Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan.

July 15th, 1943

The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.

July 15th, 1870

Manitoba was established as a province of Canada following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company.

July 15th, 1815

Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured) surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

July 15th, 1799

French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone (pictured), an essential key in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

July 15th, 1410

The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

July 15th, 1946

The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

July 15th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.

July 15th, 1927

Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.

July 15th, 1922

The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.

July 15th, 1920

Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.

July 15th, 1916

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 15th

Born on July 15th, 1918

85

Bertram Brockhouse

Canadian physicist

*July 15th, 1918, Lethbridge †October 13th, 2003, Hamilton

101

Paddy Bassett

New Zealand agricultural scientist

*July 15th, 1918, Menzies Bay †July 20th, 2019

96

Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle

American neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1918, Shelbyville †January 11th, 2015, Baltimore

105

Brenda Milner

Canada-based British neuroscientist and neuropsychologist

*July 15th, 1918, Manchester

64

Manuel Giúdice

Argentine footballer (1918-1983)

*July 15th, 1918, Córdoba †June 27th, 1983, Buenos Aires

75

Doris Lussier

Canadian actor and activist

*July 15th, 1918, Fontainebleau †October 28th, 1993, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil

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72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

79

Iris Murdoch

Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

*July 15th, 1919, Dublin †February 8th, 1999, Oxford

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

*July 15th, 1858, Moss Side †June 14th, 1928, Hampstead

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

96

Leon M. Lederman

American mathematician and physicist

*July 15th, 1922, Buffalo †October 3rd, 2018, Rexburg

84

Henri Colpi

Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor (1921-2006)

*July 15th, 1921, Brig †January 14th, 2006, Menton

77

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

23

Paulinho

Brazilian association football player, born 2000

*July 15th, 2000, Rio de Janeiro

24

Kenia Os

Mexican singer-songwriter and businesswoman

*July 15th, 1999, Mazatlán

74

Jacques Derrida

Algerian-French philosopher

*July 15th, 1930, El Biar †October 8th, 2004, 5th arrondissement of Paris

70

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

47

Diane Kruger

German actress

*July 15th, 1976, Algermissen

71

Daniel Mesguich

French actor

*July 15th, 1952, Algiers

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

98

Robert Conquest

British historian and poet

*July 15th, 1917, Malvern †August 3rd, 2015, Palo Alto

64

Vincent Lindon

French actor

*July 15th, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Frank Glaubrecht

German actor and dub actor

*July 15th, 1943, Berlin

58

Gero Miesenböck

Austrian neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1965, Braunau am Inn

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

42

Alou Diarra

French association football player

*July 15th, 1981, Villepinte

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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

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Leap year

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

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