January 18th, 1998

Born on January 18th, 1998

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 9,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 415 days, exactly on June 5th, 2025, people who were born on January 18th, 1998 will be 10,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

January 18th, 2023

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

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

Born on January 18th, 1998

26

Éder Militão

Brazilian association football player

*January 18th, 1998, Sertãozinho

26

Vashti Cunningham

American athletics competitor

*January 18th, 1998, Las Vegas

26

Lisandro Martínez

Argentine association football player

*January 18th, 1998, Gualeguay

26

Shin Ye-eun

South Korean actress

*January 18th, 1998, Sokcho

26

Lai Qirui

Chinese footballer

*January 18th, 1998, Chongqing

26

Byron Murphy

American football player (born 1998)

*January 18th, 1998, Scottsdale

26

Artem Yarmolenko

Ukrainian association football player (1998-)

*January 18th, 1998, Kyiv

26

Valentin Reitstetter

German footballer

*January 18th, 1998, Schweinfurt

26

Milena Todorova

Bulgarian biathlete

*January 18th, 1998, Troyan

26

Salvatore Tazza

Association football player

*January 18th, 1998, Naples

26

Kristina Jørgensen

Danish handball player

*January 18th, 1998, Horsens

26

Aitana Bonmatí

Spanish association football player

*January 18th, 1998, Vilanova i la Geltrú

26

Andrei Ciobanu

Romanian association football player

*January 18th, 1998, Bârlad

26

Alfie McIlwain

Actor

*January 18th, 1998, United Kingdom

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

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

27

Rubén Castellanos

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1997, Morales

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Gloria Groove

Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor and drag queen

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

30

Shi Longfei

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1994, Shanghai

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

28

Brittany Jones

Canadian figure skater

*January 18th, 1996, Toronto

38

Kristin Skaslien

Norwegian female curler

*January 18th, 1986, Oppdal

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

40

Jan Glinker

German association football player

*January 18th, 1984, East Berlin

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Latto

American rapper and singer

*December 22nd, 1998, Columbus

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

26

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

26

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

25

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

25

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

25

Chloe Bailey

American singer and actress

*July 1st, 1998, Atlanta

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

25

Kyohei Yamashita

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1998, Okayama Prefecture

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Born on January 18th, 1998
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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January 1998