November 18th, 1943

Born on November 18th, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 18th, 1943?

November 18th, 1943

World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign)

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, 1943

80

Leonardo Sandri

Catholic nuncio

*November 18th, 1943, Buenos Aires

71

Daniel Rabinovich

Argentinian actor, notary, comedian and musician

*November 18th, 1943, Buenos Aires †August 21st, 2015, Buenos Aires

80

Hans-Jürgen Döscher

German historian of modern age

*November 18th, 1943, Eberswalde

66

Lee Lozowick

American spiritual teacher

*November 18th, 1943, South Orange †November 16th, 2010, Yavapai County

68

Manuel António Pina

Portuguese writer

*November 18th, 1943, Sabugal †October 19th, 2012, Porto

67

Osamu Dezaki

Japanese film director and screenwriter

*November 18th, 1943, Meguro-ku †April 17th, 2011, Tokyo

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 18th?

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

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

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

81

Susan Sullivan

American actress (b. 1942)

*November 18th, 1942, New York City

84

Margaret Atwood

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

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

62

David Hemmings

English actor and director (1941–2003)

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

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

71

Delroy Lindo

English actor

*November 18th, 1952, Eltham

79

Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020

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

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

67

Justin Raimondo

American activist

*November 18th, 1951, White Plains †June 27th, 2019, Sebastopol

84

John O'Keefe

American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

*November 18th, 1939, New York City

75

Marlies Schoch

Swiss politician (1940-2016)

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

55

Owen Wilson

American actor (born 1968)

*November 18th, 1968, Dallas

90

George Wald

Nobel laureate

*November 18th, 1906, New York City †April 12th, 1997, Cambridge

81

Menno Aden

German academic, politician and translator

*November 18th, 1942, Berchtesgaden

63

Kim Wilde

English pop singer (born 1960)

*November 18th, 1960, London

70

Alan Moore

British comic book author (born 1953)

*November 18th, 1953, Northampton

78

Walter Bobbie

American theatre director and choreographer

*November 18th, 1945, Scranton

41

Justin Anthony Knapp

First person to log more than 1 million edits to the English Wikipedia

*November 18th, 1982, Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis

Same year
Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

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

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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