January 18th, 1943

Born on January 18th, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 324 days, exactly on March 8th, 2025, people who were born on January 18th, 1943 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 18th, 1943?

January 18th, 1943

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on January 18th, 1943

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

81

Paul Freeman

English actor

*January 18th, 1943, Barnet

81

Bruno Reichart

German cardiac surgeon

*January 18th, 1943, Vienna

81

Yvonne Hirdman

Swedish historian

*January 18th, 1943, Stockholm

81

Dave Greenslade

English musician

*January 18th, 1943, Woking

81

Ovidio G. Assonitis

Egyptian show business executive, film producer, screenwriter, and film director

*January 18th, 1943, Alexandria

81

Al Foster

American musician

*January 18th, 1943, Richmond

70

Charlie Wilson

American politician (1943-2013)

*January 18th, 1943, Martins Ferry †April 14th, 2013, Boynton Beach

81

Yoon Mun-sik

Korean actor

*January 18th, 1943, Seosan

81

Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy

Former chief of the Indian Air Force

*January 18th, 1943, Chennai

81

Nguyen Quy An

Vietnam Air Force officer

*January 18th, 1943, Vietnam

81

Detlef Dahn

German boxer

*January 18th, 1943, Berlin

81

Horst Lunenburg

German footballer

*January 18th, 1943, Germany

81

Dale Lindsey

American football player and coach

*January 18th, 1943, Bedford

81

Jim Devellano

Canadian ice hockey executive

*January 18th, 1943, Toronto

81

Nikola Kekić

Croatian Greek Catholic bishop

*January 18th, 1943, Stari Grad

59

Prunella Ransome

British actress

*January 18th, 1943, Croydon †March 4th, 2002, Norwich

66

Paul Angelis

English actor, writer (1943-2009)

*January 18th, 1943, Liverpool †March 19th, 2009, Lambeth

74

Hannes Rehm

German professor

*January 18th, 1943, Berlin †September 1st, 2017, Hanover

79

Norm Pattiz

American businessman

*January 18th, 1943, Los Angeles †December 4th, 2022

79

Anna McCurley

British politician (born 1943)

*January 18th, 1943, Renfrewshire †October 31st, 2022

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Who's birthday is on January 18th?

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

68

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

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

80

Paul Keating

Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia

*January 18th, 1944, Bankstown

76

Michael Bliss

Canadian historian and author

*January 18th, 1941, Leamington †May 18th, 2017, Toronto

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

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

64

Mark Rylance

British actor, playwright and theatre director

*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

75

Franz-Olivier Giesbert

French journalist

*January 18th, 1949, Wilmington

84

Dieter Krause

East German canoe racer (1936-2020)

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

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

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Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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