December 18th, 1961

Born on December 18th, 1961

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, 1961

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

62

Brian Orser

Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach

*December 18th, 1961, Belleville

62

Bernard Sévigny

Canadian mayor

*December 18th, 1961, Montreal

62

Alejandro Awada

Actor

*December 18th, 1961, Villa Ballester

62

Chino Volpato

Argentinian actor

*December 18th, 1961, Sunchales

62

Lalchand Rajput

Indian cricket player.

*December 18th, 1961, Mumbai

62

Daniel S. Loeb

American hedge fund manager

*December 18th, 1961, Santa Monica

62

Leila Steinberg

American writer

*December 18th, 1961, Los Angeles

62

A. M. Homes

Novelist and memoirst from the United States

*December 18th, 1961, Washington, D.C.

62

John Shanks

American songwriter and record producer

*December 18th, 1961, New York City

62

Sion Sono

Japanese filmmaker, author and poet (1961-)

*December 18th, 1961, Toyokawa

33

Thomas Strittmatter

German screenwriter and author

*December 18th, 1961, St. Georgen im Schwarzwald †August 29th, 1995, Berlin

62

Robin Galloway

British broadcaster

*December 18th, 1961, Aberdeen

53

Ben Wettervogel

German television presenter and television meteorologist (1961-2015)

*December 18th, 1961, Reken †February 2nd, 2015, Berlin

56

Lucien Bouchardeau

Nigerien football referee

*December 18th, 1961, Niamey †February 20th, 2018, Niamey

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Who's birthday is on December 18th?

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

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

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

63

Yoon Suk Yeol

President of the Republic of Korea

*December 18th, 1960, Seodaemun District

60

Isabelle Duchesnay

French ice dancer

*December 18th, 1963, Aylmer

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

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

84

Roger Smith

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

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

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

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

71

Bettina Rheims

French artist and photographer

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

55

Pierre Nkurunziza

President of Burundi from 2005 to 2020

*December 18th, 1964, Ngozi †June 8th, 2020, Karuzi

49

Justin Edinburgh

English association football player and manager (1969-2019)

*December 18th, 1969, Basildon †June 8th, 2019, Basildon

69

Roland Claus

German politician

*December 18th, 1954, Hettstedt

58

Claudia Effenberg

German sports coach

*December 18th, 1965, Hamburg

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

59

Stone Cold Steve Austin

American professional wrestler and actor

*December 18th, 1964, Austin

48

Michael Barry

Canadian cyclist

*December 18th, 1975, Toronto

Same year
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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