November 18th, 1944

Born on November 18th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

November 18th, 1210

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was ex­com­mu­ni­cated by Pope Innocent III after Otto commanded him to annul the Concordat of Worms.

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

Born on November 18th, 1944

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

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

79

Wolfgang Joop

German fashion designer

*November 18th, 1944, Potsdam

55

Ibrahim Böhme

German politician (1944-1999)

*November 18th, 1944, Leipzig †November 22nd, 1999, Neustrelitz

79

Arthur J. Nascarella

American actor

*November 18th, 1944, Suffolk County

79

Ed Krupp

American astronomer

*November 18th, 1944, Chicago

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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

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

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

78

Mahinda Rajapaksa

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

*November 18th, 1945, Weeraketiya

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

Walter Bobbie

American theatre director and choreographer

*November 18th, 1945, Scranton

84

John O'Keefe

American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

*November 18th, 1939, New York City

81

Linda Evans

American actress

*November 18th, 1942, Hartford

55

Owen Wilson

American actor (born 1968)

*November 18th, 1968, Dallas

75

Marlies Schoch

Swiss politician (1940-2016)

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

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

71

Daniel Rabinovich

Argentinian actor, notary, comedian and musician

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

54

Daphne Rubin-Vega

American musician and actor

*November 18th, 1969, Panama City

77

Alan Dean Foster

American fiction writer

*November 18th, 1946, New York City

86

John McMartin

American actor and singer

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

92

Imogene Coca

American comic actress (1908–2001)

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

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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