August 18th, 1972

Born on August 18th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1972

51

Adda Djørup

Danish poet

*August 18th, 1972, Aarhus

51

Leo Ku

Hong Kong pop singer

*August 18th, 1972, British Hong Kong

51

Nikolay Mitov

Bulgarian footballer

*August 18th, 1972, Smolyan

51

Lucio Nicoletto

Italian Catholic bishop

*August 18th, 1972, Este

51

Julio de la Rosa

Spanish musician, singer and composer

*August 18th, 1972, Jerez de la Frontera

51

Sven Teutenberg

German cyclist

*August 18th, 1972, Düsseldorf

51

Masahiro Nakai

Japanese singer and actor

*August 18th, 1972, Fujisawa

51

Keiko

Japanese singer

*August 18th, 1972, Usuki

51

Amy Palmiero-Winters

American amputee distance runner

*August 18th, 1972, Meadville

50

Gudrun Pflüger

Austrian athletics competitor

*August 18th, 1972, Graz †August 17th, 2023, Radstadt

51

Victoria Coren Mitchell

British writer, presenter and poker player

*August 18th, 1972, Hammersmith

51

Ranvir Shorey

Indian actor

*August 18th, 1972, Jalandhar

51

Evelyn Halls

Fencer

*August 18th, 1972, Melbourne

51

David Burcher

Welsh rugby union player

*August 18th, 1972, Newport

51

Darragh O'Mahony

Irish rugby union player

*August 18th, 1972, Cork

51

Andrew Wilkow

American radio host

*August 18th, 1972, Hollywood

51

Ibrahim Al-Helwah

Saudi Arabian footballer

*August 18th, 1972, Saudi Arabia

51

Angel Alfredo Vera

Argentinian association football player

*August 18th, 1972, Argentina

51

Lovell Pinkney

American football player

*August 18th, 1972, Washington, D.C.

51

Raja Azura

Malaysian actress

*August 18th, 1972, Klang

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

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

53

Cédric Vasseur

Road bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1970, Hazebrouck

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

47

Michael Greis

German biathlete

*August 18th, 1976, Füssen

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

54

Timothy Snyder

American historian

*August 18th, 1969, Dayton

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

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

59

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

42

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

54

Christian Slater

American actor and producer (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, New York City

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

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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