January 18th, 1976

Born on January 18th, 1976

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What happened on January 18th, 1976?

January 18th, 1976

Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Lebanon

What else 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.

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

Born on January 18th, 1976

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

48

Damien Leith

Singer-songwriter

*January 18th, 1976, Dublin

48

Jon Robinson

American football scout and executive

*January 18th, 1976, Union City

48

Tímea Szabó

Hungarian politician

*January 18th, 1976, Budapest

48

Marcelo Gallardo

Argentine footballer

*January 18th, 1976, Merlo

48

Alin Pânzaru

Romanian association football player

*January 18th, 1976, Iași

48

Mala Ghedia

Australian actor and voice actor

*January 18th, 1976, Leeton

48

Pavel Mareš

Czech footballer

*January 18th, 1976, Otrokovice

48

Laurence Courtois

Belgian tennis player

*January 18th, 1976, Kortrijk

48

Derek Richardson

American actor

*January 18th, 1976, Queensbury

48

Tamara Bach

German writer

*January 18th, 1976, Limburg an der Lahn

48

Martin Craft

Australian singer

*January 18th, 1976, Canberra

48

Féfé

French rapper of Niger origin

*January 18th, 1976, Clichy

44

Yevgeniy Pupkov

Ice Hockey player

*January 18th, 1976, Oskemen †January 1st, 2021

48

Valerie Morales

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, TV personality

*January 18th, 1976, Fajardo

48

Masanori Mark Christianson

American musician

*January 18th, 1976, Tokyo

48

Jamie Ringer

Welsh rugby union player

*January 18th, 1976, Cardiff

48

Jason Gervais

Canadian athletics competitor

*January 18th, 1976, Timmins

48

Fabien Debec

French association football player born 1976

*January 18th, 1976, Lyon

48

Simone Zucato

Brazilian actress

*January 18th, 1976, Socorro

48

Brittney Ezell

Women's basketball head coach

*January 18th, 1976, Franklin

48

Park Sang-uk

South Korean actor

*January 18th, 1976, South Korea

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 City

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

46

Thor Hushovd

Norwegian cyclist

*January 18th, 1978, Grimstad

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

47

Jean-Patrick Nazon

Road bicycle racer

*January 18th, 1977, Épinal

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

46

Katja Kipping

German politician

*January 18th, 1978, Dresden

47

Shaun Taylor-Corbett

American actor

*January 18th, 1977, Ardentown

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

43

Antje Traue

German actress

*January 18th, 1981, Mittweida

40

Jan Glinker

German association football player

*January 18th, 1984, East Berlin

49

Andris Ambainis

Latvian scientist

*January 18th, 1975, Daugavpils

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

38

Kristin Skaslien

Norwegian female curler

*January 18th, 1986, Oppdal

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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