August 18th, 2020

Born on August 18th, 2020

Age in days, weeks and months
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... 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

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

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

23

Nikolaj Majorov

Swedish figure skater

*August 18th, 2000, Luleå

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

31

Kristýna Fleissnerová

Czech rower

*August 18th, 1992, Prague

35

Are Strandli

Norwegian rower

*August 18th, 1988, Stavanger Municipality

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

42

Frida Svensson

Swedish rower

*August 18th, 1981, Falkenberg

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

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

47

Michael Greis

German biathlete

*August 18th, 1976, Füssen

76

Giulio Tremonti

Italian politician.

*August 18th, 1947, Sondrio

45

Andy Samberg

American comedian, actor and producer

*August 18th, 1978, Berkeley

78

David Dewhurst

American businessman

*August 18th, 1945, Houston

55

John Lieswyn

American racing cyclist and New Zealand transport planner

*August 18th, 1968, Pittsburgh

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

29

Krists Neilands

Latvian cyclist

*August 18th, 1994, Ventspils

54

Timothy Snyder

American historian

*August 18th, 1969, Dayton

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

76

Eleonore Weisgerber

German actress and chansonnier

*August 18th, 1947, Wiesbaden

31

Amy Willerton

British beauty pageant contestant and television personality

*August 18th, 1992, Bristol

34

Anna Akana

American filmmaker

*August 18th, 1989, United States of America

30

Jeong Eun-ji

South Korean singer and actress

*August 18th, 1993, Haeundae District

36

Mika Boorem

American actress and director

*August 18th, 1987, Tucson

90

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

59

Craig Bierko

American actor and singer

*August 18th, 1964, New York City

61

Felipe Calderón

63th President of Mexico

*August 18th, 1962, Morelia

38

Bryan Ruiz

Costa Rican footballer

*August 18th, 1985, San José

29

Ivan Konovalov

Russian association football player

*August 18th, 1994, Balashikha

67

John Debney

American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores (born 1956)

*August 18th, 1956, Glendale

43

Esteban Cambiasso

Argentine association football player

*August 18th, 1980, Buenos Aires

53

Cédric Vasseur

Road bicycle racer

*August 18th, 1970, Hazebrouck

59

Jim Florentine

American actor

*August 18th, 1964, United States of America

52

Jacob Vargas

American actor (1971-)

*August 18th, 1971, Michoacán

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Born on August 18th, 2020
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Leap year

Yes: 2020 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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