June 18th, 1948

Born on June 18th, 1948

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

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 18th, 1948?

June 18th, 1948

Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the Deutsche Mark will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark

What else happened on June 18th?

June 18th, 1954

Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.

June 18th, 1953

A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.

June 18th, 1940

World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.

June 18th, 1858

Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.

June 18th, 1815

War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.

June 18th, 1757

Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up the Siege of Prague and retreat to Saxony.

June 18th, 0618

Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.

June 18th, 1898

The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon was designated a monument historique.

June 18th, 2012

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

June 18th, 2009

NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.

June 18th, 1994

The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six.

June 18th, 1983

Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.

June 18th, 1982

The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.

June 18th, 1981

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.

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

Born on June 18th, 1948

75

Sherry Turkle

American social scientist and psychologist

*June 18th, 1948, New York City

75

Raúl Rizzo

Argentinian actor

*June 18th, 1948, Buenos Aires

75

Hans-Josef Becker

German Roman Catholic archbishop

*June 18th, 1948, Belecke

75

Philip Jackson

English actor

*June 18th, 1948, Retford

24

Eliezer Halfin

Munich Massacre victim

*June 18th, 1948, Riga †September 6th, 1972, Fürstenfeldbruck

75

Barbara Beaird

American actress (born 1948)

*June 18th, 1948, Waco

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

60

Lech Kaczyński

Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949-2010)

*June 18th, 1949, Warsaw †April 10th, 2010, Smolensk

76

Linda Thorson

Canadian actress

*June 18th, 1947, Toronto

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

65

Peter Altmaier

German politician

*June 18th, 1958, Ensdorf

44

Theodus Crane

American actor

*June 18th, 1979, Atlanta

74

Jarosław Kaczyński

13th Prime Minister of Poland

*June 18th, 1949, Warsaw

71

Isabella Rossellini

Italian actress

*June 18th, 1952, Rome

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

62

Alison Moyet

British singer

*June 18th, 1961, Billericay

46

Kaja Kallas

Estonian politician (1977-)

*June 18th, 1977, Tallinn

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

34

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabonese, French and Spanish association football player

*June 18th, 1989, Laval

52

Kerry Butler

American recording artist; actress and singer

*June 18th, 1971, Brooklyn

74

Paul Tonko

American politician

*June 18th, 1949, Amsterdam

80

Éva Marton

Opera singer

*June 18th, 1943, Budapest

81

Thabo Mbeki

South African politician, former President of South Africa

*June 18th, 1942, Mbewuleni

76

Ivonne Coll

Puerto Rican actress

*June 18th, 1947, Fajardo

41

Marco Borriello

Italian footballer

*June 18th, 1982, Naples

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

Richard Simmons

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

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

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

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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 (born 1948)

*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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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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