August 18th, 1981

Born on August 18th, 1981

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

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What happened on August 18th?

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 (helicopter pictured), 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, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

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.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

Born on August 18th, 1981

44

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

44

Dimitris Salpingidis

Greek footballer

*August 18th, 1981, Thessaloniki

44

Nicolas Prost

French racing driver

*August 18th, 1981, Saint-Chamond

44

Juliana Galvis

Colombian model

*August 18th, 1981, Bucaramanga

44

Memo Rojas

Mexican racing driver

*August 18th, 1981, Mexico City

44

Elena Santarelli

Italian model and actress

*August 18th, 1981, Latina

44

Manuela d'Ávila

Brazilian politician and journalist

*August 18th, 1981, Porto Alegre

44

Jan Frodeno

Triathlete

*August 18th, 1981, Cologne

44

David Young

American basketball player, born 1981

*August 18th, 1981, New Castle

44

Lance Pruitt

American politician

*August 18th, 1981, Anchorage

44

Steve Morley

Player of American and Canadian football

*August 18th, 1981, Halifax

44

Krzysztof Radzikowski

Polish strength athlete

*August 18th, 1981, Głowno

44

Pat Misch

American baseball pitcher

*August 18th, 1981, Northbrook

44

Sara Escudero

Spanish comedían, actress, television presenter and writer

*August 18th, 1981, Arenas de San Pedro

44

Francisco Javier Abad

Spanish middle distance runner

*August 18th, 1981, Burgos

44

Zhu Hongjun

Chinese race walker

*August 18th, 1981, Fuxin

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Born in 1981

44

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

44

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung

45

Satoko Suetsuna

Japanese badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Ōita

45

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

45

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

44

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

45

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

44

Linda Sundblad

Swedish singer, actress and model

*July 5th, 1981, Lidköping

45

Tamta

Georgian-born Greek singer

*January 10th, 1981, Tbilisi

44

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

44

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

45

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

44

Beyoncé

American singer

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

44

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

45

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

44

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

44

Serena Williams

American tennis player

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

44

Britney Spears

American pop singer

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

44

Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

44

Adriana Lima

Brazilian model

*June 12th, 1981, Salvador

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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