November 18th, 1940

Born on November 18th, 1940

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What happened on November 18th, 1940?

November 18th, 1940

World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.

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What else happened on November 18th?

November 18th, 2017

Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.

November 18th, 2014

Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.

November 18th, 2003

With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.

November 18th, 1999

Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.

November 18th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.

November 18th, 1987

An underground fire killed 31 people at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London.

November 18th, 1985

Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson that was at its height one of the most popular in the world, was first published.

November 18th, 1978

Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.

November 18th, 1977

Solomon Islands ratified the adoption of a new flag (pictured).

November 18th, 1956

At the Polish embassy in Moscow, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said "We will bury you" while addressing Western envoys, prompting them to leave the room.

November 18th, 1872

American suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined $100 for having voted in the presidential election two weeks earlier.

November 18th, 1865

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, becoming the first great success of American author Mark Twain (pictured).

November 18th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: In the Bay of Bengal, a French frigate squadron captured three East Indiamen mainly carrying recruits for the Indian Army.

November 18th, 1583

The Siege of Godes­berg, the first major siege of the Cologne War, began.

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

Born on November 18th, 1940

79

Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020

*November 18th, 1940, Salalah †January 10th, 2020, Seeb

75

Marlies Schoch

Swiss politician (1940-2016)

*November 18th, 1940, Herisau †April 24th, 2016

83

Rainer Funke

German politician

*November 18th, 1940, Berlin

83

Baxter Harris

Actor

*November 18th, 1940, Columbus

83

Adriano Aprà

Italian actor, film director and author

*November 18th, 1940, Rome

62

James Welch

Native American writer (1940–2003)

*November 18th, 1940, Browning †August 4th, 2003, Missoula

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Who's birthday is on November 18th?

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

62

David Hemmings

English actor and director (1941–2003)

*November 18th, 1941, Guildford †December 3rd, 2003, Bucharest

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

81

Susan Sullivan

American actress (b. 1942)

*November 18th, 1942, New York City

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

84

John O'Keefe

American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

*November 18th, 1939, New York City

71

Delroy Lindo

English actor

*November 18th, 1952, Eltham

78

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Ex. President of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

*November 18th, 1945, Weeraketiya

81

Linda Evans

American actress

*November 18th, 1942, Hartford

55

Owen Wilson

American actor (born 1968)

*November 18th, 1968, Dallas

86

John McMartin

American actor and singer

*November 18th, 1929, Warsaw †July 6th, 2016, Manhattan

63

Kim Wilde

English pop singer (born 1960)

*November 18th, 1960, London

92

Imogene Coca

American comic actress (1908–2001)

*November 18th, 1908, Philadelphia †June 2nd, 2001, Westport

54

Daphne Rubin-Vega

American musician and actor

*November 18th, 1969, Panama City

70

Alan Moore

British comic book author (born 1953)

*November 18th, 1953, Northampton

63

Louis Daguerre

French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)

*November 18th, 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis †July 10th, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne

60

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

*November 18th, 1963, Gladsaxe

74

Alan Shepard

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

*November 18th, 1923, Derry †July 21st, 1998, Pebble Beach

61

Kirk Hammett

American guitarist (born 1962)

*November 18th, 1962, San Francisco

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Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Yes: 1940 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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