January 18th, 1932

Born on January 18th, 1932

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 299 days, exactly on February 18th, 2025, people who were born on January 18th, 1932 will be 34,000 days old!

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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, 1932

74

Robert Anton Wilson

American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic

*January 18th, 1932, Flatbush †January 11th, 2007, Capitola

92

Bowie Wu

Hong Kong actor

*January 18th, 1932, Guangdong

88

M. Staser Holcomb

United States Navy officer (1932–2021)

*January 18th, 1932, Detroit †November 30th, 2020

62

Raf Baldassarre

Italian actor

*January 18th, 1932, Giurdignano †January 17th, 1995, Rome

92

Wilhelm Burgsmüller

German footballer

*January 18th, 1932, Dortmund

36

Wiliam Bukový

Composer (1932-1968)

*January 18th, 1932, Lučenec †July 31st, 1968, Prague

85

Christa Berndl

German actress and voice actress

*January 18th, 1932, Munich †August 10th, 2017, Munich

90

Hans-Jürgen Beug

German rector and botanist

*January 18th, 1932, Hamburg †March 5th, 2022

92

Peter Stuhlmacher

German writer

*January 18th, 1932, Leipzig

92

Peter Stansky

American historian

*January 18th, 1932, New York City

88

Hilmi Ok

Turkish football referee (1932-2020)

*January 18th, 1932, Istanbul †February 15th, 2020

91

Peter Magubane

South African photographer (1932–2024)

*January 18th, 1932, Johannesburg †January 1st, 2024

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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

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

84

Dieter Krause

East German canoe racer (1936-2020)

*January 18th, 1936, Brandenburg an der Havel †August 10th, 2020, Bad Saarow

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

74

Danny Kaye

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

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

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

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

88

Raymond Briggs

English cartoonist, illustrator (1934-2022)

*January 18th, 1934, Wimbledon †August 9th, 2022, Brighton

91

John Boorman

British filmmaker (1933-)

*January 18th, 1933, Shepperton

64

Mark Rylance

British actor, playwright and theatre director

*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

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68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

79

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

*February 27th, 1932, Hampstead Garden Suburb †March 23rd, 2011, Los Angeles

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

86

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

*November 29th, 1932, 5th arrondissement of Paris †September 26th, 2019, 6th arrondissement of Paris

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

82

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

84

Debbie Reynolds

American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)

*April 1st, 1932, El Paso †December 28th, 2016, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

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Leap year

Yes: 1932 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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