March 18th, 1972

Born on March 18th, 1972

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 968 days, exactly on December 20th, 2026, people who were born on March 18th, 1972 will be 20,000 days old!

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What happened on March 18th?

March 18th, 1277

Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.

March 18th, 2019

Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.

March 18th, 1990

Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 18th, 1977

The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.

March 18th, 1970

U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.

March 18th, 1969

Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

March 18th, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.

March 18th, 1959

Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

March 18th, 1938

Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas issued a decree expropriating foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities, which were later incorporated into Pemex, a state-owned petroleum company.

March 18th, 1921

Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.

March 18th, 1915

First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.

March 18th, 1906

Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.

March 18th, 1892

Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

March 18th, 1241

First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.

March 18th, 0363

A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

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

Born on March 18th, 1972

52

Micky Mellon

Scottish association football player and manager (born 1972)

*March 18th, 1972, Paisley

52

Anja Möllenbeck

German discus thrower

*March 18th, 1972, Frankenberg

52

Dane Cook

American actor and comedian

*March 18th, 1972, Boston

52

Rasoul Khadem

Olympic wrestler

*March 18th, 1972, Mashhad

52

Nate Quarry

American mixed martial artist

*March 18th, 1972, Arcata

52

Reince Priebus

Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017

*March 18th, 1972, Dover

52

Mike Krack

Luxembourger engineer

*March 18th, 1972, Luxembourg

52

Cateno De Luca

Italian politician

*March 18th, 1972, Fiumedinisi

52

Jo Blankenburg

German composer

*March 18th, 1972, Kulmbach

52

Aliaksandr Hukau

Belarusian swimmer

*March 18th, 1972, Minsk

52

Kostyantyn Petrov

Ukrainian and Russian businessman

*March 18th, 1972, Alchevsk

52

Franck Belot

French rugby union footballer and coach

*March 18th, 1972, Athis-Mons

52

Fernando Aguiar

Portuguese footballer

*March 18th, 1972, Chaves

52

Alexandru Ciupe

Romanian judoka

*March 18th, 1972, Bihor County

52

Josip Bulat

Croatian footballer

*March 18th, 1972, Šibenik

52

Iván Valenciano

Colombian footballer

*March 18th, 1972, Barranquilla

52

Dody Wood

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 18th, 1972, Chetwynd

50

Sergey Karyakin

Russian actor

*March 18th, 1972, Tomsk †April 28th, 2022, Moscow

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

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

49

Sutton Foster

American actress

*March 18th, 1975, Statesboro

47

Øyvind Gjerde

Norwegian footballer

*March 18th, 1977, Åndalsnes

51

Patrick Harvie

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party (born 1973)

*March 18th, 1973, Alexandria

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

47

Willy Sagnol

French association football player and manager

*March 18th, 1977, Saint-Étienne

54

Queen Latifah

American musician and actress

*March 18th, 1970, Newark

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

43

Fabian Cancellara

Swiss cyclist

*March 18th, 1981, Wohlen bei Bern

49

Steve Trapmore

British rower

*March 18th, 1975, Hammersmith

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

59

Yul Vazquez

Cuban actor

*March 18th, 1965, Havana

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

29

Jaromír Janáček

Czech badminton player

*March 18th, 1995, Český Krumlov

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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