September 18th, 1954

Born on September 18th, 1954

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 18th, 1954?

September 18th, 1954

Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juho_Kusti_Paasikivi

What else happened on September 18th?

September 18th, 2001

Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.

September 18th, 1961

An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others on board.

September 18th, 1948

The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.

September 18th, 1918

World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.

September 18th, 1895

Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment, on deaf janitor Harvey Lillard.

September 18th, 1879

The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.

September 18th, 1875

The Indianola hurricane dissipated over Mississippi after killing around eight hundred people in Texas.

September 18th, 1873

Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.

September 18th, 1870

Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it Old Faithful (video featured).

September 18th, 1851

The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.

September 18th, 1850

The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, decreeing that all escaped slaves be brought back to their masters.

September 18th, 1809

The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire.

September 18th, 1048

Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of the nocturnal Battle of Kapetron, but learned of their Georgian allies' defeat in the centre the next morning.

September 18th, 0324

Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire and ending the Tetrarchy.

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

Born on September 18th, 1954

69

Steven Pinker

Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

*September 18th, 1954, Montreal

69

Bruce Ford

Canadian rower

*September 18th, 1954, Victoria

52

Dennis Johnson

NBA basketball player (1954-2007)

*September 18th, 1954, San Pedro †February 22nd, 2007, Austin

62

Liu Wen-hsiung

Taiwanese politician; member of the People First Party

*September 18th, 1954, Keelung †July 31st, 2017, Anle District

69

Viola Schweizer

German actress

*September 18th, 1954, Berlin

69

Einar Már Guðmundsson

Icelandic author

*September 18th, 1954, Reykjavík

69

Francisco Canals Beviá

Spanish politician

*September 18th, 1954, San Vicente del Raspeig

69

Jayne-Ann Igel

German author

*September 18th, 1954, Leipzig

69

Peter Bofinger

German economist

*September 18th, 1954, Pforzheim

69

Tommy Tuberville

American football coach and United States Senator from Alabama since 2021

*September 18th, 1954, Camden

69

Takao Doi

Japanese astronaut

*September 18th, 1954, Tokyo

42

Murtaza Bhutto

Pakistani politician (1954-1996)

*September 18th, 1954, Larkana †September 20th, 1996, Karachi

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

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

74

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

*September 18th, 1949, Leicester

72

Ben Carson

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021

*September 18th, 1951, Detroit

73

Anna Deavere Smith

American actress, playwright and professor

*September 18th, 1950, Baltimore

51

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

*September 18th, 1961, Westwood †June 19th, 2013, Rome

59

Rachid Taha

Franco-Algerian singer

*September 18th, 1958, Sig †September 12th, 2018, Les Lilas

52

Lance Armstrong

Cyclist from the United States

*September 18th, 1971, Plano

84

Greta Garbo

Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)

*September 18th, 1905, Katarina church parish †April 15th, 1990, New York City

73

Shabana Azmi

Indian actress

*September 18th, 1950, Azamgarh

43

Carolin Hingst

German pole vaulter

*September 18th, 1980, Donauwörth

41

Alfredo Talavera

Mexican association football player

*September 18th, 1982, La Barca

67

Tim McInnerny

English actor

*September 18th, 1956, Cheadle Hulme

43

Adriana Louvier

Mexican actress

*September 18th, 1980, Mexico City

68

David Mirkin

American writer, director and producer

*September 18th, 1955, Philadelphia

50

Mark Shuttleworth

South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station

*September 18th, 1973, Welkom

64

Ryne Sandberg

American baseball player

*September 18th, 1959, Spokane

52

Jada Pinkett Smith

American actress (born 1971)

*September 18th, 1971, Baltimore

63

Carolyn Harris

Welsh politician and MP (born 1960)

*September 18th, 1960, Swansea

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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