March 18th, 1953

Born on March 18th, 1953

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What happened on March 18th, 1953?

March 18th, 1953

An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Yenice–Gönen_earthquake

What else 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.

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

Born on March 18th, 1953

71

Tonnus Oosterhoff

Dutch poet and writer

*March 18th, 1953, Leiden

71

Alma Martinez

American actress and stage director

*March 18th, 1953, Monclova

71

Gerard Luz James

8th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands

*March 18th, 1953, Saint Croix

71

Enrique Jiménez Carrero

Spanish painter and sculptor

*March 18th, 1953, Granadilla

71

Harald Schartau

German politician

*March 18th, 1953, Duisburg

71

Takashi Yoshimatsu

Japanese classical composer

*March 18th, 1953, Tokyo

62

Franz Wright

American poet

*March 18th, 1953, Vienna †May 14th, 2015, Waltham

71

Victor Lescovitz

American politician

*March 18th, 1953, Canonsburg

71

Nicholas Wisdom

English cricketer (born 1953)

*March 18th, 1953, Edmonton

71

Matilde Mastrangi

Brazilian actress

*March 18th, 1953, São Paulo

71

Teresa Madruga

Portuguese actress

*March 18th, 1953, Faial Island

71

Bjørn Iversen

Norwegian politician

*March 18th, 1953, Verdal Municipality

71

Antasari Azhar

Indonesian politician

*March 18th, 1953, Pangkal Pinang City

71

Sammy Yates

Association football player (born 1953)

*March 18th, 1953, Barnsley

71

N Bhaskar Rao

Indian politician

*March 18th, 1953, Warangal

71

Martti Koskenniemi

Finnish lawyer and diplomat

*March 18th, 1953, Turku

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75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

72

Salome Zourabichvili

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

*March 18th, 1952, Paris

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

67

Christer Fuglesang

Swedish astronaut

*March 18th, 1957, Nacka

74

Linda Partridge

British biogerontologist

*March 18th, 1950, England

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

68

Ingemar Stenmark

Swedish alpine skier

*March 18th, 1956, Tärna

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

64

Guy Carbonneau

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 18th, 1960, Sept-Îles

84

Arlette Laguiller

French politician

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

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

59

Yul Vazquez

Cuban actor

*March 18th, 1965, Havana

47

Øyvind Gjerde

Norwegian footballer

*March 18th, 1977, Åndalsnes

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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