January 18th, 1971

Born on January 18th, 1971

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 397 days, exactly on October 21st, 2025, people who were born on January 18th, 1971 will be 20,000 days old!

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What 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, 1969

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

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.

January 18th, 2012

More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.

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

Born on January 18th, 1971

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

53

Jonathan Davis

American singer

*January 18th, 1971, Bakersfield

53

Jeff Monson

American mixed martial artist

*January 18th, 1971, Saint Paul

53

Christian Fittipaldi

Brazilian racing driver (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, São Paulo

53

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Ecuadorian-American politician (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Guayaquil

53

Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg

Mongolian author

*January 18th, 1971, Ulaanbaatar

53

Guillermo McFarlane

American soccer player

*January 18th, 1971, Panama City

53

Eva Orvošová

Slovak bicycle racer

*January 18th, 1971, Liptovský Mikuláš

53

Dru Mouser

American actress

*January 18th, 1971, Fort Worth

53

Adriana Santos

Olympic medalist in basketball

*January 18th, 1971, São Bernardo do Campo

51

Florian Adamski

Austrian actor

*January 18th, 1971, Vienna †January 1st, 2023, Hopfgarten im Brixental

48

Binyavanga Wainaina

Kenyan writer

*January 18th, 1971, Nakuru †May 21st, 2019, Nairobi

53

Seamus O'Regan

Canadian broadcast journalist

*January 18th, 1971, St. John's

53

Peggy Jane de Schepper

Dutch actress

*January 18th, 1971, Amsterdam

53

Pablo Maqueda

Spanish association football player

*January 18th, 1971, Barcelona

53

Satoshi Goto

Japanese voice actor

*January 18th, 1971, Mie Prefecture

53

Robert Merrick

American sailor

*January 18th, 1971, New York City

53

Neil Grove

South African-British mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

*January 18th, 1971, Klerksdorp

53

Kumiko Hayakawa

Japanese politician

*January 18th, 1971, Tokyo

53

Kendall Velox

Saint Vincent footballer

*January 18th, 1971, Kingstown

53

Jamie Ram

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 18th, 1971, Scarborough

53

Fabian Ribauw

Nauruan politician

*January 18th, 1971, Baiti District

53

Eduard Boltrushevich

Belarusian footballer

*January 18th, 1971, Vitebsk

53

Carolyn Parkhurst

American writer

*January 18th, 1971, Manchester

53

Arnaud Binard

French actor and producer

*January 18th, 1971, Bordeaux

53

Yves Van Der Straeten

Belgian association football player

*January 18th, 1971, Berlare

53

Valeri Stolyarov

Russian Nordic combined skeir

*January 18th, 1971, Vsevolozhsky District

53

Leobardo Soto

Mexican politician

*January 18th, 1971, Puebla

53

Greg Engel

American football player

*January 18th, 1971, Davenport

53

Justin Abdou

Canadian wrestler

*January 18th, 1971, Moose Jaw

53

Yolanda García

Spanish taekwondoin

*January 18th, 1971, Andorra

53

Norm Bazin

American ice hockey player and coach

*January 18th, 1971, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

17

Junko Furuta

Japanese high school student who was abducted, tortured, raped, and murdered in the late 1980s

*January 18th, 1971, Misato †January 4th, 1989, Adachi-ku

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

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

69

Kevin Costner

American actor

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

55

Dave Bautista

American actor and former professional wrestler

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

64

Mark Rylance

English actor, playwright and theatre director

*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

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

38

Kristin Skaslien

Norwegian female curler

*January 18th, 1986, Oppdal

43

Antje Traue

German actress

*January 18th, 1981, Mittweida

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Manhattan

53

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

53

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

53

Anna Netrebko

Russian and Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

53

Elon Musk

Canadian–American businessman (born 1971 in Pretoria)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

52

Chen Ying

Chinese badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung

53

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

53

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

53

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

53

Marco Bülow

German politician

*June 14th, 1971, Dortmund

53

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

53

Tarek Al-Wazir

German politician

*January 3rd, 1971, Offenbach am Main

53

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

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No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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