August 18th, 1973

Born on August 18th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 18th, 1973?

August 18th, 1973

Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_A-13

What else 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.

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

Born on August 18th, 1973

50

Lolita Čigāne

Latvian politician

*August 18th, 1973, Ozolnieki

50

Geppi Cucciari

Italian writer, television presenter and actor

*August 18th, 1973, Cagliari

50

Luke Fickell

American football player and coach

*August 18th, 1973, Columbus

50

Gabriel Naddaf

Greek Orthodox priest

*August 18th, 1973, Nazareth

50

Tomaž Žemva

Slovene biathlete

*August 18th, 1973, Kranj

50

Oliver Bokern

German actor

*August 18th, 1973, Löningen

50

Javier Ruiz Pérez

Spanish businessman and journalist

*August 18th, 1973, Valencia

48

Vladimir Virchis

Ukrainian boxer

*August 18th, 1973, Kakhovka †January 28th, 2022, Kyiv

50

No Malice

American rapper

*August 18th, 1973, The Bronx

50

Urvin Lee

Dutch footballer

*August 18th, 1973, Amsterdam

50

Martin Prohászka

Slovak soccer player

*August 18th, 1973, Nové Zámky

50

Marcus Aurélio

Brazilian martial artist

*August 18th, 1973, Fortaleza

50

James Cregg

American football player and coach

*August 18th, 1973, Syracuse

50

James Clutterbuck

English cricketer (born 1973)

*August 18th, 1973, Sandown

50

Gojōrō Katsuhiro

Sumo wrestler

*August 18th, 1973, Sendai

50

Rana Babar Hussain

Politician

*August 18th, 1973, Mian Channu

50

Dorian Rogozenko

Romanian chess player

*August 18th, 1973, Chișinău

50

Lee Wai Man

Hong Kong footballer

*August 18th, 1973, Hong Kong

50

Ervin Lee

Dutch association football player

*August 18th, 1973, Amsterdam

50

Munisha Rajpal

Story & dialogue Writer

*August 18th, 1973, Pathankot

50

Lee Hae-jun

South Korean film director and screenwriter

*August 18th, 1973, Seoul

50

Carmen Serano

American actress

*August 18th, 1973, Chula Vista

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

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

47

Michael Greis

German biathlete

*August 18th, 1976, Füssen

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

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

53

Cédric Vasseur

Road bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1970, Hazebrouck

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

49

Elías Bendodo Benasayag

Spanish politician

*August 18th, 1974, Málaga

54

Timothy Snyder

American historian

*August 18th, 1969, Dayton

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

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

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

42

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

59

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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