December 18th, 1988

Born on December 18th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 12,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 95 days, exactly on July 22nd, 2024, people who were born on December 18th, 1988 will be 13,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

December 18th, 1865

US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.

December 18th, 1793

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

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

Born on December 18th, 1988

35

Lizzie Deignan

English track and road racing cyclist

*December 18th, 1988, Otley

35

Imad Wasim

Pakistani former cricketer

*December 18th, 1988, Swansea

35

Brianne Theisen-Eaton

Canadian athlete

*December 18th, 1988, Saskatoon

35

Mohamed El-Shenawy

Egyptian assiciation football player

*December 18th, 1988, Kafr el-Sheikh

35

Elliott Bennett

English association football player

*December 18th, 1988, Telford

35

Paulina Dávila

Colombian actress

*December 18th, 1988, Medellín

35

Markus Pazurek

German footballer

*December 18th, 1988, Andernach

35

Seth Doege

American football player

*December 18th, 1988, San Angelo

35

Adelayo Adedayo

British actress

*December 18th, 1988, Manchester

35

Hazel O'Sullivan

Irish fashion model

*December 18th, 1988, Dublin

35

Noo Phước Thịnh

Vietnamese singer

*December 18th, 1988, Ho Chi Minh City

35

Erica Rivera

American actress

*December 18th, 1988, Philadelphia

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

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

34

Ashley Benson

American actress

*December 18th, 1989, Anaheim

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

40

Janez Brajkovič

Road bicycle racer (1983-)

*December 18th, 1983, Metlika

28

Mads Pedersen

Danish cyclist, born 1995

*December 18th, 1995, Tølløse

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

36

Sneha Ullal

Indian actress

*December 18th, 1987, Muscat

48

Michael Barry

Canadian cyclist

*December 18th, 1975, Toronto

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

45

Katie Holmes

American actress, director, and producer

*December 18th, 1978, Toledo

36

Miki Ando

Japanese figure skater (1987-)

*December 18th, 1987, Nagoya

31

Bridgit Mendler

American actress and singer

*December 18th, 1992, Washington, D.C.

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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