July 18th, 1947

Born on July 18th, 1947

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What happened on July 18th?

July 18th, 2019

An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

July 18th, 2014

The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.

July 18th, 2012

A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.

July 18th, 1995

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.

July 18th, 1989

American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.

July 18th, 1976

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.

July 18th, 1949

Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

July 18th, 1936

Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.

July 18th, 1863

American Civil War: Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African-American military units in the Union Army, spearheaded an assault (pictured) on Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

July 18th, 1841

Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned (depicted) at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.

July 18th, 1806

A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, killed an estimated 200 people.

July 18th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.

July 18th, 1290

King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.

July 18th, 2019

A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens of others.

July 18th, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

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

Born on July 18th, 1947

76

Ignazio La Russa

Italian politician (born 1947)

*July 18th, 1947, Paternò

76

Imre Boros

Hungarian politician

*July 18th, 1947, Csöde

76

Yehude Simon

Prime Minister of Peru

*July 18th, 1947, Lima

76

Giuseppe Bognanni

Olympic wrestler

*July 18th, 1947, Riesi

76

Jean-Pierre Poisson

French painter

*July 18th, 1947, Tunis

76

Linda Gail Lewis

American musician

*July 18th, 1947, Ferriday

76

Steve Forbes

American businessman and publisher

*July 18th, 1947, Morristown

76

Jörg Ziercke

Director of German federal police

*July 18th, 1947, Lübeck

76

Mickola Vorokhta

Ukrainian painter

*July 18th, 1947, Rakhiv

76

Tirath Das Dogra

Indian forensic pathologist

*July 18th, 1947, Shakargarh

76

Steve Mahoney

Canadian politician

*July 18th, 1947, Sault Ste. Marie

76

Laurence Neal

Teacher and politician, Senator for Victoria, Australia (1947– )

*July 18th, 1947, Wangaratta

76

Karen Kay

British entertainer

*July 18th, 1947, Blackburn

76

Juan Fernández Segui

Spanish football manager

*July 18th, 1947, Madrid

76

Dave Campo

American football player and coach

*July 18th, 1947, Groton

76

Julio Ortíz

Guatemalan athlete

*July 18th, 1947, Guatemala City

76

Glen Finch

Canadian swimmer

*July 18th, 1947, Winnipeg

76

William Anthony Donohue

American Roman Catholic sociologist (born 1947)

*July 18th, 1947, Manhattan

76

Jerzy Marian Langer

Polish physicist

*July 18th, 1947, Łódź

76

Jonathan Taplin

American film producer

*July 18th, 1947, Cleveland

75

Otto S. Wolfbeis

Austrian chemist

*July 18th, 1947, Graz †June 1st, 2023

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Who's birthday is on July 18th?

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

95

Nelson Mandela

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

*July 18th, 1918, Mvezo †December 5th, 2013, Houghton Estate

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Anand Pawar

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1986, Mumbai

28

Delphine Lansac

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1995, Lyon

72

Margo Martindale

American actress

*July 18th, 1951, Jacksonville

73

Richard Branson

British business magnate (born 1950)

*July 18th, 1950, Blackheath

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

74

Lonnie Mack

American musician (1941–2016)

*July 18th, 1941, West Harrison †April 21st, 2016, Nashville

56

Vin Diesel

American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntman

*July 18th, 1967, Alameda County

72

Elio Di Rupo

Belgian politician

*July 18th, 1951, Morlanwelz

84

Brian Auger

English keyboardist

*July 18th, 1939, London

27

Jonas Bager

Danish association football player

*July 18th, 1996, Hadsten

41

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

62

Elizabeth McGovern

American actress

*July 18th, 1961, Evanston

41

Eli Mambwe

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1982, Kalulushi

32

Phyllis Chan

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1991, Hong Kong

88

Kurt Masur

German conductor (1927-2015)

*July 18th, 1927, Brzeg †December 19th, 2015, Greenwich

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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