August 18th, 1961

Born on August 18th, 1961

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 22,000 days old!

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What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

Born on August 18th, 1961

62

Huw Edwards

Welsh journalist and newsreader (born 1961)

*August 18th, 1961, Bridgend

62

Timothy Geithner

American central banker and politician

*August 18th, 1961, Brooklyn

62

Owen Da Gama

Association footballer

*August 18th, 1961, Volksrust

62

Murry Bartow

American college basketball coach

*August 18th, 1961, Warrensburg

62

Colm Magner

Actor, writer, director

*August 18th, 1961, Toronto

62

Lorraine Potocki

American geneticist

*August 18th, 1961, Trenton

62

Marianne van der Torre

Dutch tennis player

*August 18th, 1961, Rotterdam

59

Birol Ünel

German Turkish actor

*August 18th, 1961, Silifke †September 3rd, 2020, Berlin

62

Daniela Lumbroso

French television presenter

*August 18th, 1961, Tunis

62

Chano

Spanish association football player

*August 18th, 1961, Larache

62

Salvador Vega Casillas

Mexican politician

*August 18th, 1961, Apatzingán de la Constitución

62

Johann Passler

Italian biathlete

*August 18th, 1961, Rasen-Antholz

62

Bob Woodruff

American television journalist

*August 18th, 1961, Bloomfield Hills

62

Glenn E. Plummer

American actor (1961-)

*August 18th, 1961, Richmond

62

Djaffar Bel Hocine

Algerian handball player

*August 18th, 1961, Algeria

62

Bill McDermott

American businessman

*August 18th, 1961, New York City

62

Mark Buckland

Professional footballer (born 1961)

*August 18th, 1961, Cheltenham

62

Pierluigi Benedettini

Sammarinese footballer

*August 18th, 1961, Murata

62

Lee Hyeon-seung

South Korean film director, screenwriter and producer

*August 18th, 1961, Seoul

62

Virginie Klès

French politician and official

*August 18th, 1961, Soissons

62

Ivan Lexa

Slovak politician and former head of Slovak Secrete Service (SIS)

*August 18th, 1961, Bratislava

62

Nami Matsukawa

Japanese actress

*August 18th, 1961, Hamamatsu

62

Bisi Onasanya

Nigerian banker

*August 18th, 1961, Ibadan

62

Bennett Ratliff

American civil engineer and Texas state legislator

*August 18th, 1961, Fort Worth

62

Julio Murat

Turkish nuncio

*August 18th, 1961, İzmir

62

Jan Koemmet

German guitar player and an international designer

*August 18th, 1961, Germany

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Who's birthday is on August 18th?

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

61

Felipe Calderón

63th President of Mexico

*August 18th, 1962, Morelia

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

59

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

63

Andreas Pinkwart

Politician and dean

*August 18th, 1960, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

96

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

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No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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