August 18th, 1970

Born on August 18th, 1970

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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, 1970

53

Cédric Vasseur

Road bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1970, Hazebrouck

53

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

American actor

*August 18th, 1970, Jersey City

53

Jason Furman

American economist, advisor to US President Obama

*August 18th, 1970, New York City

53

Harald Rosenløw Eeg

Norwegian novelist and script writer

*August 18th, 1970, Tønsberg Municipality

53

Angel Taveras

American lawyer and politician

*August 18th, 1970, Brooklyn

53

Zbigniew Ziobro

Polish politician (born 1970)

*August 18th, 1970, Kraków

53

Bobby Higginson

American baseball player

*August 18th, 1970, Philadelphia

53

Samar Yazbek

Syrian writer and journalist

*August 18th, 1970, Jableh

53

Bob Kennedy

American distance runner

*August 18th, 1970, Bloomington

53

Jon McCarthy

Association football player (born 1970)

*August 18th, 1970, Middlesbrough

53

Myroslav Reshko

Ukrainian football player

*August 18th, 1970, Mukachevo

53

Jayanta Madhab Bora

Indian novelist

*August 18th, 1970, Dergaon

53

Greg Dean Schmitz

American writer

*August 18th, 1970, Falmouth

53

Arif Asadov

Azerbaijani footballer

*August 18th, 1970, Baku

53

Yuki Nakai

Japanese judoka

*August 18th, 1970, Hokkaido

53

Éric Pauget

French politician

*August 18th, 1970, Antibes

53

Oleh Matveyev

Ukrainian footballer

*August 18th, 1970, Rostov-on-Don

53

Yasser El Hajj

Lebanese basketball player (1970-)

*August 18th, 1970, Beirut

53

E.J. Nauzad

Indian photographer

*August 18th, 1970, Podanur

53

Jessica Hsuan

Hong Kong actress

*August 18th, 1970, British Hong Kong

53

Chang Eun-jung

South Korean field hockey player

*August 18th, 1970, Hwasun County

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 18th?

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

54

Timothy Snyder

American historian

*August 18th, 1969, Dayton

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

54

Christian Slater

American actor and producer (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, New York City

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

55

John Lieswyn

American racing cyclist and New Zealand transport planner

*August 18th, 1968, Pittsburgh

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

59

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

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

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

47

Michael Greis

German biathlete

*August 18th, 1976, Füssen

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

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

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

Same year
Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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