August 18th, 1988

Born on August 18th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 13,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 967 days, exactly on December 17th, 2026, people who were born on August 18th, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

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, 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, 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, 1988

35

Are Strandli

Norwegian rower

*August 18th, 1988, Stavanger

35

Kristen Kit

Canadian rower and road bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1988, St. Catharines

35

G-Dragon

South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, designer and fashion creator

*August 18th, 1988, Seoul

35

Alfonso Artabe

Spanish association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Palma de Mallorca

35

Michael Boxall

New Zealand footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Auckland

35

Jack Hobbs

English association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Portsmouth

35

Mauro Caviezel

Swiss alpine skier

*August 18th, 1988, Tomils

35

Daniel Bichlmann

German bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1988, Traunstein

35

Frédéric Brun

Cyclist, born 1988

*August 18th, 1988, Belfort

35

Wilfried Domoraud

Ivorian and French footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Maisons-Alfort

35

Ángel de Oro

Mexican professional wrestler

*August 18th, 1988, Torreón

35

Katarina Ivanovska

Macedonian model and actress

*August 18th, 1988, Skopje

35

Federica Ferraro

Italian athletics competitor

*August 18th, 1988, Savona

35

Aryana Adin

American pornographic actress

*August 18th, 1988, California

35

Javier Álamo Cruz

Spanish footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Gáldar, Las Palmas

35

Julio Buffarini

Argentine association footballer

*August 18th, 1988, General Cabrera

35

Natsumi Hara

Japanese association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Japan

35

Lewin Nyatanga

Welsh footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Burton upon Trent

35

Eggert Jónsson

Icelandic association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Reykjavík

35

Rafaela de Miranda Travalão

Brazilian association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Promissão

35

Evhen Khytrov

Ukrainian boxer

*August 18th, 1988, Kryvyi Rih

35

Wei Long Wong

Singaporean basketball player

*August 18th, 1988, Singapore

35

Kévin Diaz

French footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Istres

35

Giannis Milonogiannis

Greek comics artist

*August 18th, 1988, Maryland

35

Willie Gavera

Papua New Guinean cricketer

*August 18th, 1988, Papua New Guinea

35

Maciej Lepiato

Paralympic high jumper

*August 18th, 1988, Poznań

35

Jennifer Kirby

English stage and television actress

*August 18th, 1988, Milton Keynes

35

Frik Kirsten

South African rugby union footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Sandton

35

Bartłomiej Dudzic

Polish footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Oświęcim

35

Thamsanqa Mkhize

South African association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Durban

35

Wendell McKines

American basketball player

*August 18th, 1988, Oakland

35

Riley Holzapfel

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 18th, 1988, Regina

35

Omar Rabie Yassin

Egyptian footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Cairo

35

Faisel Al-Khodaim

Association football player

*August 18th, 1988, United Arab Emirates

35

Ognjen Đelmić

Association football player

*August 18th, 1988, Zenica

35

Takeshi Seirō

Sumo wrestler

*August 18th, 1988, Ulaanbaatar

35

Romain Jacob

Boxer

*August 18th, 1988, Calais

35

Mata Fafita

Tongan rugby union and rugby league footballer

*August 18th, 1988, Tonga

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Who's birthday is on August 18th?

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

42

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

37

Ismaël Traoré

Ivorian footballer

*August 18th, 1986, Paris

38

Bryan Ruiz

Costa Rican footballer

*August 18th, 1985, San José

29

Krists Neilands

Latvian cyclist

*August 18th, 1994, Ventspils

31

Kristýna Fleissnerová

Czech rower

*August 18th, 1992, Prague

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

47

Michael Greis

German biathlete

*August 18th, 1976, Füssen

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

36

Igor Sijsling

Dutch tennis player

*August 18th, 1987, Amsterdam

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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