December 18th, 1948

Born on December 18th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

December 18th, 1865

US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.

December 18th, 1793

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

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

Born on December 18th, 1948

75

Liliane Saint-Pierre

Belgian singer

*December 18th, 1948, Diest

75

Laurent Voulzy

French recording artist and singer-songwriter

*December 18th, 1948, Paris

75

Edmund Kemper

American serial killer

*December 18th, 1948, Burbank

34

Miguel Kast

Chilean economist (1948–1983)

*December 18th, 1948, Oberstaufen †September 18th, 1983, Santiago

75

Bill Nelson

English artist and musician

*December 18th, 1948, Wakefield

75

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

German author

*December 18th, 1948, Reinbek

75

George T. Johnson

Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Beta Gamma Chapter

*December 18th, 1948, Tylertown

0

Mimmo Paladino

Italian painter

*December 18th, 1948, Paduli †December 18th, 1948

75

Ann Walton Kroenke

American businesswoman, heiress to the Walmart fortune

*December 18th, 1948, United States of America

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

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

71

Bettina Rheims

French artist and photographer

*December 18th, 1952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

82

Joan Wallach Scott

American academic

*December 18th, 1941, Brooklyn

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

80

Keith Richards

British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

*December 18th, 1943, Dartford

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

69

Roland Claus

German politician

*December 18th, 1954, Hettstedt

62

Brian Orser

Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach

*December 18th, 1961, Belleville

30

Steve Biko

Anti-apartheid activist in South Africa (1946-1977)

*December 18th, 1946, Qonce †September 12th, 1977, Pretoria

78

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

*December 18th, 1913, Sankt Lorenz †October 8th, 1992, Unkel

76

Rod Piazza

American musician

*December 18th, 1947, Riverside

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

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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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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