March 18th, 1948

Born on March 18th, 1948

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 191 days, exactly on November 14th, 2024, people who were born on March 18th, 1948 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 18th?

March 18th, 1277

Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.

March 18th, 2019

Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.

March 18th, 1990

Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 18th, 1977

The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.

March 18th, 1970

U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.

March 18th, 1969

Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

March 18th, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.

March 18th, 1959

Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

March 18th, 1938

Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas issued a decree expropriating foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities, which were later incorporated into Pemex, a state-owned petroleum company.

March 18th, 1921

Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.

March 18th, 1915

First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.

March 18th, 1906

Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.

March 18th, 1892

Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

March 18th, 1241

First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.

March 18th, 0363

A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

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

Born on March 18th, 1948

76

Claudio Padoan

Italian rower

*March 18th, 1948, Naples

76

Bobby Whitlock

American musician

*March 18th, 1948, Memphis

76

Jessica B. Harris

American culinary historian, professor, cookbook author and journalist (b. 1948)

*March 18th, 1948, Queens

76

Toshio Ogawa

Japanese politician

*March 18th, 1948, Nerima-ku

76

Patrice Desbiens

Canadian poet and musician

*March 18th, 1948, Timmins

76

Ola T. Lånke

Norwegian politician

*March 18th, 1948, Rennebu Municipality

76

Nenad Ivanković

Croatian writer and politician

*March 18th, 1948, Zagreb

76

Guillermo Gaviria Zapata

Colombian politician

*March 18th, 1948, Remedios

76

Humberto Zuccarelli

Argentinian association football player

*March 18th, 1948, Argentina

76

Guy Lapointe

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 18th, 1948, Montreal

57

Eknath Solkar

Indian cricket player (1948–2005)

*March 18th, 1948, Mumbai †June 26th, 2005, Mumbai

76

Masataka Matsuura

Japanese politician

*March 18th, 1948, Matsue

76

Leon Louw

South African writer

*March 18th, 1948, Krugersdorp

76

Enzo Carnebianca

Italian painter and sculptor

*March 18th, 1948, Rome

76

Luis Zubero

Spanish cyclist

*March 18th, 1948, Zeberio

76

Brad Selwood

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 18th, 1948, Leamington

76

Baciro Candé

Guinea-Bissauan football player and manager

*March 18th, 1948, Catió

76

Thomas C. Wheeler

American judge

*March 18th, 1948, Chicago

76

Werner Hacke

Professor of Neurology

*March 18th, 1948, Duisburg

76

Robert Hyatt

American computer scientist and programmer

*March 18th, 1948, Laurel

69

Toni Bertorelli

Italian actor (1948-2017)

*March 18th, 1948, Barge †May 26th, 2017, Rome

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Who's birthday is on March 18th?

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

74

Linda Partridge

British biogerontologist

*March 18th, 1950, England

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

72

Salome Zourabichvili

French diplomat, then president of Georgia (2018-present)

*March 18th, 1952, Paris

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

84

Arlette Laguiller

French politician

*March 18th, 1940, 14th arrondissement of Paris

67

Christer Fuglesang

Swedish astronaut

*March 18th, 1957, Nacka

89

Weiron Holmberg

Actor

*March 18th, 1935, Gamlestads church parish

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

85

F. W. de Klerk

7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994

*March 18th, 1936, Johannesburg †November 11th, 2021, Cape Town

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

68

Ingemar Stenmark

Swedish alpine skier

*March 18th, 1956, Joesjö

71

Tonnus Oosterhoff

Dutch poet and writer

*March 18th, 1953, Leiden

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Public holidays on March 18th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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