March 18th, 1957

Born on March 18th, 1957

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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, 1957

67

Christer Fuglesang

Swedish astronaut

*March 18th, 1957, Nacka

67

Horia-Roman Patapievici

Romanian physicist and writer

*March 18th, 1957, Bucharest

67

Claude Ryf

Swiss association football player

*March 18th, 1957, Lausanne

67

Jetta Klijnsma

King's Commissioner of Drenthe

*March 18th, 1957, Hoogeveen

67

Gitta Escher

East German gymnast

*March 18th, 1957, Nordhausen

67

Béchara El Khoury

Franco–Lebanese composer

*March 18th, 1957, Beirut

67

Roland Adrowitzer

Austrian television presenter

*March 18th, 1957, Hallein

67

Gheorghi Arnaoudov

Bulgarian composer

*March 18th, 1957, Sofia

67

Susan Coppersmith

American condensed matter physicist

*March 18th, 1957, Johnstown

67

Rickey Keeton

American baseball player

*March 18th, 1957, Cincinnati

67

Richard Huziak

Canadian astronomer

*March 18th, 1957, Yorkton

67

Kevin Kling

American storyteller

*March 18th, 1957, Osseo

67

Hussain Rasheed Ahmed

Maldivian politician

*March 18th, 1957, Maldives

67

Carla Stovall

American politician

*March 18th, 1957, Hardtner

67

Brenda Pogge

American politician in Virginia (born 1957)

*March 18th, 1957, Norfolk

67

Al Olmsted

Major League Baseball pitcher

*March 18th, 1957, St. Louis

67

Kazuko Fujita

Japanese mangaka

*March 18th, 1957, Niigata

67

Kristín A. Árnadóttir

Icelandic diplomat

*March 18th, 1957, Iceland

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Who's birthday is on March 18th?

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

68

Ingemar Stenmark

Swedish alpine skier

*March 18th, 1956, Joesjö

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

64

Guy Carbonneau

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 18th, 1960, Sept-Îles

72

Salome Zourabichvili

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

*March 18th, 1952, Paris

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

59

Yul Vazquez

Cuban actor

*March 18th, 1965, Havana

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

74

Linda Partridge

British biogerontologist

*March 18th, 1950, England

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

47

Øyvind Gjerde

Norwegian footballer

*March 18th, 1977, Åndalsnes

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

71

Tonnus Oosterhoff

Dutch poet and writer

*March 18th, 1953, Leiden

43

Fabian Cancellara

Swiss cyclist

*March 18th, 1981, Wohlen bei Bern

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

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Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

67

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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