July 18th, 1976

Born on July 18th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 18th, 1976?

July 18th, 1976

Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Comăneci

July 18th, 1976

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics

What else happened on July 18th?

July 18th, 2019

An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

July 18th, 2014

The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.

July 18th, 2012

A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.

July 18th, 1995

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.

July 18th, 1989

American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.

July 18th, 1949

Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

July 18th, 1936

Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.

July 18th, 1863

American Civil War: Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African-American military units in the Union Army, spearheaded an assault (pictured) on Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

July 18th, 1841

Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned (depicted) at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.

July 18th, 1806

A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, killed an estimated 200 people.

July 18th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.

July 18th, 1290

King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.

July 18th, 2019

A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens of others.

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

Born on July 18th, 1976

47

Elsa Pataky

Spanish model and actress

*July 18th, 1976, Madrid

47

Rose Ranger

Canadian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1976, North Vancouver

47

Jackie Toledo

American politician

*July 18th, 1976, Lima

47

Magnus Jernemyr

Handball player

*July 18th, 1976, Falun

47

Valerie Cruz

American actress

*July 18th, 1976, Elizabeth

47

Yugo Tsukita

Japanese freestyle skier

*July 18th, 1976, Ishikari

47

Go Soo-hee

South Korean actress

*July 18th, 1976, South Korea

47

Egamnazar Akbarov

Olympic judoka

*July 18th, 1976, Tashkent

47

Sebastian Blanck

American artist

*July 18th, 1976, New York City

47

Svitlana Pyrkalo

Ukrainian writer

*July 18th, 1976, Poltava

47

Sigurvin Ólafsson

Icelandic footballer

*July 18th, 1976, Vestmannaeyjar

47

Naseem Vicky

Comedian and actor

*July 18th, 1976, Faisalabad

47

Lene Aanes

Sport wrestler

*July 18th, 1976, Narvik

47

Dmitri Seryozhkin

Russian footballer

*July 18th, 1976, Voskresensk

47

Aidan Girt

Canadian electronic musician

*July 18th, 1976, Canada

47

Colby Buzzell

American blogger

*July 18th, 1976, California

47

Masako Chiba

Japanese long-distance runner, sports commentator

*July 18th, 1976, Uji

47

Hardwar Goswami

Gujarati writer from India

*July 18th, 1976, Talaja

47

Rachel Wilding

Olympic judoka

*July 18th, 1976, Woking

47

Romina Khurshid Alam

Politician in Pakistan

*July 18th, 1976, Gujranwala

47

Sriram Jha

Indian chess grandmaster

*July 18th, 1976, Bihar

47

Devis Da Canal

Italian biathlete

*July 18th, 1976, Sterzing

47

Ilče Pereski

Footballer

*July 18th, 1976, Struga

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

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Anand Pawar

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1986, Mumbai

28

Delphine Lansac

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1995, Lyon

95

Nelson Mandela

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

*July 18th, 1918, Mvezo †December 5th, 2013, Houghton Estate

46

Kelly Reilly

British actress

*July 18th, 1977, Chessington

41

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

45

Virginia Raggi

Italian politician (1978)

*July 18th, 1978, Rome

41

Eli Mambwe

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1982, Kalulushi

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

56

Vin Diesel

American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntman

*July 18th, 1967, Alameda County

27

Jonas Bager

Danish association football player

*July 18th, 1996, Hadsten

36

Yulianti CJ

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Palembang

32

Phyllis Chan

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1991, Hong Kong

40

Hadia Tajik

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1983, Bjørheimsbygd

50

René Rydlewicz

German association football player and manager

*July 18th, 1973, Forst

29

Ben Torrance

Scottish badminton player

*July 18th, 1994, Irvine

50

Hoon Lee

American actor

*July 18th, 1973, Plymouth

55

Andre Royo

American actor, producer, and writer

*July 18th, 1968, The Bronx

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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