August 18th, 1964

Born on August 18th, 1964

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What happened on August 18th, 1964?

August 18th, 1964

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

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What else happened on August 18th?

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 (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

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, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

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, 1964

61

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

61

Jim Florentine

American actor

*August 18th, 1964, United States

61

Catherine Bernstein

French film director

*August 18th, 1964, Tours

61

Hildebrando Tapia

Peruvian politician

*August 18th, 1964, Huancayo

61

Dietrich Kops

Austrian politician

*August 18th, 1964, Vienna

61

Andi Deris

German singer

*August 18th, 1964, Karlsruhe

61

Tadeusz Bafia

Polish sportsperson

*August 18th, 1964, Nowy Targ

61

Hesamodin Ashna

Iranian politician

*August 18th, 1964, Tehran

61

Stanisław Zaś

Belarusian military officer and politician

*August 18th, 1964, Chernihiv Oblast

61

Věra Jourová

Czech politician and university teacher

*August 18th, 1964, Třebíč

61

Matthew A. Waller

Ex-Dean of the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business

*August 18th, 1964, Mission

61

Maria Cuffaro

Italian journalist, sent and host of TG3.

*August 18th, 1964, Rome

61

Christophe Lacassagne

French singer

*August 18th, 1964, Tarbes

61

Pavel Kucherov

Football manager

*August 18th, 1964, Smolensk

Same year
Born in 1964

62

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

62

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

61

Kamala Harris

Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

62

Friederike Fless

German classical archaeologist

*May 25th, 1964, Unna

62

Matthias Wemhoff

German archaeologist

*May 9th, 1964, Münster

62

Ulrich Gotter

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 19th, 1964, Berlin

62

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

61

Andreas Weische

*August 14th, 1964, Fröndenberg

62

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

61

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

62

Dietmar Nietan

Politician from Germany (SPD)

*May 25th, 1964, Düren

62

Michael Frieser

German politician

*March 30th, 1964, Nuremberg

61

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

62

Uwe Trommer

German association football player and manager

*March 29th, 1964, Leipzig

61

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

62

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

61

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

62

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

62

Christian Bernreiter

German politician

*April 7th, 1964, Straubing

61

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

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Yes: 1964 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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