July 18th, 1979

Born on July 18th, 1979

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 648 days, exactly on February 1st, 2026, people who were born on July 18th, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

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What 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, 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.

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.

July 18th, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

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

Born on July 18th, 1979

44

Deion Branch

American football player

*July 18th, 1979, Albany

44

Joey Mercury

American professional wrestler

*July 18th, 1979, Fairfax

44

Jaska Raatikainen

Finnish drummer

*July 18th, 1979, Lappeenranta

44

Ali Boussaboun

Moroccan footballer

*July 18th, 1979, Tangier

44

Toby Ord

Australian philosopher

*July 18th, 1979, Melbourne

44

Ali Miraee

Iranian cartoonist

*July 18th, 1979, Tehran

44

Zrinka Cvitešić

Croatian actress

*July 18th, 1979, Karlovac

44

Cosmin Rațiu

Romanian rugby union player

*July 18th, 1979, Petroșani

44

Saša Kosović

Basketball player (1979-)

*July 18th, 1979, Sarajevo

44

Nicola Renzi

Sammarinese politician

*July 18th, 1979, San Marino

44

Jared Hess

American screenwriter

*July 18th, 1979, Preston

44

Craig Pawson

English football referee

*July 18th, 1979, Sheffield

44

Dominique Siassia

German actress and music educator

*July 18th, 1979, Osterburg

44

Radosław Babica

Polish pool player, born 1979

*July 18th, 1979, Poznań

44

Sánchez Vara

Spanish matador

*July 18th, 1979, Guadalajara

44

Karl Angerer

German bobsledder

*July 18th, 1979, Berchtesgaden

44

Stefan Janoski

American skateboarder

*July 18th, 1979, Solano County

44

Igor Pavlov

Russian pole vaulter

*July 18th, 1979, Moscow

44

Rick Baxter

American politician

*July 18th, 1979, Jackson

44

Jesús Alejandro Gómez (Bolivian footballer)

Bolivian footballer

*July 18th, 1979, La Paz

44

Miroslav Boyadzhiev

Bulgarian speed skater

*July 18th, 1979, Sofia

44

Gunplay

American rapper

*July 18th, 1979, El Paso

44

Freddy Lockhart

American actor and comedian

*July 18th, 1979, San Antonio

44

Didier Hernández

Cuban musician

*July 18th, 1979, Havana

44

Mélina Robert-Michon

French discus thrower

*July 18th, 1979, Voiron

44

Joe Crispin

American sportsperson and basketball player

*July 18th, 1979, Pitman

44

Chris Jongewaard

Australian bicycle racer

*July 18th, 1979, Adelaide

44

El Nazareno

Puerto Rican professional wrestler

*July 18th, 1979, San Sebastián

44

Aliaksandr Varlamau

Russian diver

*July 18th, 1979, Voronezh

44

Will Gilbey

British screenwriter

*July 18th, 1979, United Kingdom

44

Lee Jaijin

South Korean singer (1979-)

*July 18th, 1979, Saha District

44

Sofie Lassen-Kahlke

Danish actress

*July 18th, 1979, Copenhagen

44

Jason Weaver

American actor and singer

*July 18th, 1979, Chicago

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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

41

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

45

Virginia Raggi

Italian politician (1978)

*July 18th, 1978, Rome

95

Nelson Mandela

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

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

41

Eli Mambwe

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1982, Kalulushi

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

46

Kelly Reilly

British actress

*July 18th, 1977, Chessington

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

36

Yulianti CJ

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Palembang

40

Hadia Tajik

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1983, Bjørheimsbygd

27

Jonas Bager

Danish association football player

*July 18th, 1996, Hadsten

56

Vin Diesel

American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntman

*July 18th, 1967, Alameda County

32

Phyllis Chan

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1991, Hong Kong

45

Rafael Alencar

Brazilian pornographic actor

*July 18th, 1978, João Pessoa

29

Ben Torrance

Scottish badminton player

*July 18th, 1994, Irvine

43

Ryōko Hirosue

Japanese actress

*July 18th, 1980, Kōchi

40

Daniel Navarro

Road bicycle racer

*July 18th, 1983, Salamanca

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Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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