October 18th, 1947

Born on October 18th, 1947

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 50 days, exactly on June 15th, 2024, people who were born on October 18th, 1947 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 18th?

October 18th, 2019

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

October 18th, 1967

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

October 18th, 1963

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

October 18th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

October 18th, 1748

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

October 18th, 1587

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

October 18th, 1565

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

October 18th, 1356

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

October 18th, 1081

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

October 18th, 0320

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

October 18th, 1599

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

October 18th, 1597

King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.

October 18th, 1565

Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

October 18th, 1561

In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.

October 18th, 1540

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

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

Born on October 18th, 1947

76

Joe Morton

American actor

*October 18th, 1947, The Bronx

76

Job Cohen

Dutch politician

*October 18th, 1947, Haarlem

49

Laura Nyro

American singer and songwriter (1947–1997)

*October 18th, 1947, The Bronx †April 8th, 1997, Danbury

76

Gary Sullivan

Australian rugby league footballer

*October 18th, 1947, Newcastle

76

Regina Höfer

German hurdler and sprinter

*October 18th, 1947, Leipzig

68

John Howard Getty Johnson

American basketball player

*October 18th, 1947, Carthage †January 7th, 2016, San Jose

76

Paul Elliot

British comedian, part of the Chuckle Brothers

*October 18th, 1947, Rotherham

70

Oscar Julio Vian Morales

Guatemalan archbishop (1947-2018)

*October 18th, 1947, Guatemala City †February 24th, 2018, Guatemala City

76

James H. Fallon

American neuroscientist

*October 18th, 1947, Vermont †November 20th, 2023

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

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

65

Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991)

*October 18th, 1926, Sopot †November 23rd, 1991, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

70

Ntozake Shange

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

*October 18th, 1948, Trenton †October 27th, 2018, Bowie

75

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

*October 18th, 1941, Duncan †April 1st, 2017, Los Angeles

67

Huell Howser

American television personality (1945-2013)

*October 18th, 1945, Gallatin †January 7th, 2013, Palm Springs

73

Alec McLean

New Zealand rower

*October 18th, 1950, Wellington

77

Howard Shore

Canadian film score composer (born 1946)

*October 18th, 1946, Toronto

63

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist

*October 18th, 1960, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem

39

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine skier (born 1984)

*October 18th, 1984, Saint Paul

36

Zac Efron

American actor and singer (born 1987)

*October 18th, 1987, San Luis Obispo

67

Martina Navratilova

Czech-American tennis player

*October 18th, 1956, Prague

74

Fanny Rubio

Spanish professor, researcher, and writer

*October 18th, 1949, Linares

77

Jacques Higelin

French actor and singer (1940-2018)

*October 18th, 1940, Brou-sur-Chantereine †April 6th, 2018, Nogent-sur-Marne

71

Chuck Lorre

American television director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor

*October 18th, 1952, Bethpage

67

Om Puri

Indian actor

*October 18th, 1949, Ambala †January 6th, 2017, Andheri

90

Chuck Berry

American musician (1926–2017)

*October 18th, 1926, St. Louis †March 18th, 2017, St. Charles

55

Wendy Wasserstein

American playwright (1950–2006)

*October 18th, 1950, Brooklyn †January 30th, 2006, Manhattan

95

Ernest Simoni

Albanian Roman Catholic cardinal

*October 18th, 1928, Blinisht

45

Lynette Davies

Welsh actress (1948-1993)

*October 18th, 1948, Tonypandy †December 1st, 1993, Wales

81

Henri Bergson

French philosopher (1859–1941)

*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris

Same year
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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on October 18th, 1947
Future birthdays

Leap year

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

Calendar
October 1947