January 18th, 1969

Born on January 18th, 1969

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 20,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 820 days, exactly on July 18th, 2026, people who were born on January 18th, 1969 will be 21,000 days old!

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What happened on January 18th, 1969?

January 18th, 1969

United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_266

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tokyo

What else happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

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

Born on January 18th, 1969

55

Dave Bautista

American actor and former professional wrestler

*January 18th, 1969, Washington, D.C.

55

Mihkel Raud

Estonian writer, blogger, playwright, TV personality, singer, guitarist, journalist and politician

*January 18th, 1969, Tallinn

55

Jim O'Rourke

American musician

*January 18th, 1969, Chicago

55

John Mozeliak

Baseball General Manager

*January 18th, 1969, Boulder

55

John Eder

American politician

*January 18th, 1969, Brooklyn

55

Raphaëlle Monod

French freestyle skier

*January 18th, 1969, Annecy

55

Ever Palacios

Colombian association football player

*January 18th, 1969, Cali

55

Jesse L. Martin

American stage, musical theatre, film and television actor

*January 18th, 1969, Rocky Mount

55

Kevin McGehee

Baseball player

*January 18th, 1969, Alexandria

55

Larry Webster

American football player

*January 18th, 1969, Elkton

55

Toomas Tiru

Estonian Nordic combined skier

*January 18th, 1969, Viljandi

55

Marvin Pope

American gridiron football player

*January 18th, 1969, Gainesville

55

Craig Dworkin

American poet, and professor of English

*January 18th, 1969, Bloomington

55

Nikola Andrijevic

Association football player

*January 18th, 1969, Canada

55

Diego Soldano

Argentinian actor

*January 18th, 1969, Buenos Aires

55

Carsten Dethlefsen

Danish association football player

*January 18th, 1969, Hamburg

55

Lilija Maraviglia

Bulgarian actress

*January 18th, 1969, Varna

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Who's birthday is on January 18th?

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

64

Mark Rylance

British actor, playwright and theatre director

*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

61

Martin O'Malley

American politician

*January 18th, 1963, Washington, D.C.

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

40

Jan Glinker

German association football player

*January 18th, 1984, East Berlin

29

Gloria Groove

Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor and drag queen

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

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Born in 1969

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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