July 18th, 1968

Born on July 18th, 1968

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What happened on July 18th, 1968?

July 18th, 1968

Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.

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What else happened on July 18th?

July 18th, 2019

An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

July 18th, 2014

The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.

July 18th, 2012

A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.

July 18th, 1995

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.

July 18th, 1989

American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.

July 18th, 1976

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.

July 18th, 1949

Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

July 18th, 1936

Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.

July 18th, 1863

American Civil War: Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African-American military units in the Union Army, spearheaded an assault (pictured) on Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

July 18th, 1841

Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned (depicted) at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.

July 18th, 1806

An explosion at a gunpowder magazine in Birgu, Malta, killed an estimated 200 people.

July 18th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.

July 18th, 1290

King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.

July 18th, 1970

An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 20 aboard.

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

Born on July 18th, 1968

56

Andre Royo

American actor, producer, and writer

*July 18th, 1968, The Bronx

56

Grant Bowler

New Zealand–Australian actor and television presenter

*July 18th, 1968, Auckland

56

Tania Kernaghan

Australian country music singer

*July 18th, 1968, Albury

56

Oliver Goetzl

German zoologist

*July 18th, 1968, Hamburg

56

Tania Bruguera

Cuban installation and performance artist

*July 18th, 1968, Havana

56

Roy Suryo

Indonesian politician

*July 18th, 1968, Yogyakarta

56

Scott Gourley

Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer

*July 18th, 1968, Hornsby

56

Alex Désert

American actor

*July 18th, 1968, New York City

56

Pequeño Violencia

Mexican professional wrestler

*July 18th, 1968, Oaxaca de Juárez

56

Paul Goebel

American actor, comedian and television presenter

*July 18th, 1968, Flint

56

Manuel Ossie

Liberian boxer

*July 18th, 1968, Monrovia

56

Donni Leaycraft

American tennis player

*July 18th, 1968, Metairie

56

David Rainey

American reality television personality

*July 18th, 1968, San Francisco

56

Mark O'Hare

American cartoonist

*July 18th, 1968, San Pedro

56

Rolando Arrojo

Baseball player

*July 18th, 1968, Santa Clara

56

Jonathan Gould

Scottish footballer (born 1968)

*July 18th, 1968, Paddington

56

Stefan Sultana

Maltese footballer

*July 18th, 1968, Ħamrun

56

Zoran Milinković

Serbian footballer

*July 18th, 1968, Belgrade

56

Ibragim Samadov

Soviet weightlifter

*July 18th, 1968, Pervomayskaya

56

Solo Avital

Israeli musician

*July 18th, 1968, Israel

56

Tatsuji Nishimura

Japanese baseball player

*July 18th, 1968, Kure

56

Goldie Taylor

TV news personality

*July 18th, 1968, University City

48

Yukinori Miyabe

Japanese speed skater

*July 18th, 1968, Tokyo †March 7th, 2017, Tokyo

56

John Pelphrey

American college basketball player, college basketball coach

*July 18th, 1968, Paintsville

56

Daniel Weiss

German figure skater

*July 18th, 1968, Ingolstadt

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44

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

57

Vin Diesel

American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntman

*July 18th, 1967, Alameda County

37

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

95

Nelson Mandela

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

*July 18th, 1918, Mvezo †December 5th, 2013, Houghton Estate

36

Merve Özbey

Turkish singer

*July 18th, 1988, Istanbul

29

Delphine Lansac

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1995, Lyon

38

Anand Pawar

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1986, Mumbai

26

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

78

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

28

Yung Lean

Belarusian-born Swedish rapper, singer and songwriter

*July 18th, 1996, Stockholm

60

Wendy Williams

American television host, businesswoman, and author

*July 18th, 1964, Asbury Park

42

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

63

Elizabeth McGovern

American actress

*July 18th, 1961, Evanston

42

Eli Mambwe

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1982, Kalulushi

28

Jonas Bager

Danish association football player

*July 18th, 1996, Hadsten

55

Elizabeth Gilbert

American writer

*July 18th, 1969, Waterbury

37

Yulianti CJ

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Palembang

33

Phyllis Chan

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1991, Hong Kong

82

Frank Farian

German music producer

*July 18th, 1941, Kirn †January 23rd, 2024, Miami

47

Kelly Reilly

British actress

*July 18th, 1977, Chessington

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Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

56

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

56

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

56

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

56

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

56

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

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Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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