June 18th, 1972

Born on June 18th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 61 days, exactly on June 25th, 2024, people who were born on June 18th, 1972 will be 19,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 18th, 1972?

June 18th, 1972

Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_548

June 18th, 1972

British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the UK.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_548

What else happened on June 18th?

June 18th, 1954

Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.

June 18th, 1953

A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.

June 18th, 1940

World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.

June 18th, 1858

Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.

June 18th, 1815

War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.

June 18th, 1757

Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up the Siege of Prague and retreat to Saxony.

June 18th, 0618

Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.

June 18th, 1898

The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon was designated a monument historique.

June 18th, 2012

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

June 18th, 2009

NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.

June 18th, 1994

The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six.

June 18th, 1983

Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.

June 18th, 1982

The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.

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

Born on June 18th, 1972

51

Infernus

Norwegian black metal musician

*June 18th, 1972, Hordaland

51

Katja Primel

German voice actor

*June 18th, 1972, Berlin

51

Wikus du Toit

South African actor, comedian, composer, and director

*June 18th, 1972, Bethal

51

Anu Tali

Estonian conductor

*June 18th, 1972, Tallinn

51

Michal Yannai

Israeli actress, singer, and television host

*June 18th, 1972, Ramat Gan

51

Daniel Caltagirone

English actor

*June 18th, 1972, London

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

52

Kerry Butler

American recording artist; actress and singer

*June 18th, 1971, Brooklyn

44

Theodus Crane

American actor

*June 18th, 1979, Atlanta

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

34

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabonese, French and Spanish association football player

*June 18th, 1989, Laval

65

Peter Altmaier

German politician

*June 18th, 1958, Ensdorf

41

Marco Borriello

Italian footballer

*June 18th, 1982, Naples

60

Lech Kaczyński

Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949-2010)

*June 18th, 1949, Warsaw †April 10th, 2010, Smolensk

46

Kaja Kallas

Estonian politician (1977-)

*June 18th, 1977, Tallinn

62

Alison Moyet

British singer

*June 18th, 1961, Billericay

48

Marie Gillain

Belgian actress

*June 18th, 1975, Liège

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

76

Linda Thorson

Canadian actress

*June 18th, 1947, Toronto

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

52

Giovanni Ciccia

Peruvian actor and musician

*June 18th, 1971, Lima

47

Blake Shelton

American country music singer and television personality

*June 18th, 1976, Ada

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

33

Christian Taylor

American track and field athlete

*June 18th, 1990, Fayetteville

49

Itziar Ituño

Spanish actress

*June 18th, 1974, Basauri

48

Jamel Debbouze

Moroccan-French comedian and actor

*June 18th, 1975, Paris

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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