August 18th, 1982

Born on August 18th, 1982

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, 1982

43

Florian Kringe

German footballer

*August 18th, 1982, Siegen

43

Li Shuai

Chinese footballer

*August 18th, 1982, Qingdao

43

Kahê

Brazilian footballer

*August 18th, 1982, São Paulo

43

Josiah Jamison

American Paralympic sprinter

*August 18th, 1982, United States of America

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Born in 1982

43

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter and actress (born 1982)

*December 8th, 1982, Saint James

43

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

43

John Mulaney

American comedian and actor (born 1982)

*August 26th, 1982, Chicago

43

Chien Yu-Chin

Badminton player

*October 24th, 1982, Kaohsiung

44

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress, born 1982

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

44

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

44

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen

Norwegian guitarist

*February 4th, 1982, Ålesund Municipality

44

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

43

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

43

Jussie Smollett

American actor

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

44

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

44

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

44

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

44

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

44

Jessica Biel

American actress (born 1982)

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

35

Anthony Delhalle

French motorcycle racer (1982–2017)

*January 11th, 1982, Chartres †March 9th, 2017, Circuit Paul Armagnac

43

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

44

Kirsten Dunst

American actress (born 1982)

*April 30th, 1982, Point Pleasant

43

Elisha Cuthbert

Canadian actress

*November 30th, 1982, Calgary

44

Natalie Dormer

English actress

*February 11th, 1982, Reading

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1982 is a normal year and no leap year.

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