January 18th, 1978

Born on January 18th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

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What happened on January 18th, 1978?

January 18th, 1978

The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights

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, 1978

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Thor Hushovd

Norwegian cyclist

*January 18th, 1978, Grimstad

46

Katja Kipping

German politician

*January 18th, 1978, Dresden

46

Sebastian Siedler

Road bicycle racer

*January 18th, 1978, Leipzig

46

Brian Falkenborg

American baseball player

*January 18th, 1978, Newport Beach

46

Bogdan Lobonț

Romanian footballer

*January 18th, 1978, Hunedoara

46

Goran Jevtić

Serbian actor

*January 18th, 1978, City Municipality of Mladenovac

46

Alexey Ignashov

Belarusian martial artist

*January 18th, 1978, Minsk

46

Wandee Kameaim

Weightlifter

*January 18th, 1978, Rasi Salai

46

Stev Theloke

German swimmer

*January 18th, 1978, Chemnitz

46

Ivana Kindl

Croatian singer

*January 18th, 1978, Požega

46

Clare Preuss

Canadian actress

*January 18th, 1978, Toronto

46

Huang Chin-Chih

Taiwanese baseball player

*January 18th, 1978, Kaohsiung

46

Yarleen Santiago

Puerto Rican beach volleyball player

*January 18th, 1978, Río Piedras

46

Tommy Polley

American football player

*January 18th, 1978, Baltimore

46

Melrick Africa

Namibian rugby union player

*January 18th, 1978, Rehoboth

46

Lee Meager

British boxer

*January 18th, 1978, Salford

46

George Goutzioulis

Association football player

*January 18th, 1978, Australia

46

David Mathieson

Scottish footballer (born 1978)

*January 18th, 1978, Dumfries

46

Darren Van Oene

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 18th, 1978, Edmonton

46

Siniša Janković

Serbian football player

*January 18th, 1978, Belgrade

46

Ryuji Yokoe

Japanese motorcycle racer

*January 18th, 1978, Miyagi Prefecture

46

Josh Holden

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 18th, 1978, Calgary

46

Yang Liwan

Chinese athletics competitor

*January 18th, 1978, Shishi

46

Urs Rechn

German actor

*January 18th, 1978, Halle (Saale)

46

Luca Saudati

Italian footballer

*January 18th, 1978, Milan

46

Terje Skjeldestad

Norwegian footballer

*January 18th, 1978, Sogndal Municipality

46

Mario Rodríguez

Mexican footballer, born 1978

*January 18th, 1978, Torreón

46

Christian Sturm

German tenor (born 1978)

*January 18th, 1978, Andernach

46

Dennis Schulp

Dutch footballer

*January 18th, 1978, Amsterdam

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

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

43

Antje Traue

German actress

*January 18th, 1981, Mittweida

47

Jean-Patrick Nazon

Road bicycle racer

*January 18th, 1977, Épinal

40

Jan Glinker

German association football player

*January 18th, 1984, East Berlin

47

Shaun Taylor-Corbett

American actor

*January 18th, 1977, Ardentown

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

38

Kristin Skaslien

Norwegian female curler

*January 18th, 1986, Oppdal

45

Jay Chou

Taiwanese pop singer, songwriter, and actor

*January 18th, 1979, Linkou District

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

43

Christophe Kern

Road bicycle racer

*January 18th, 1981, Wissembourg

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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