February 18th, 2024

Born on February 18th, 2024

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 18th?

February 18th, 2013

Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.

February 18th, 2010

WikiLeaks published the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by Chelsea Manning.

February 18th, 1946

President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II.

February 18th, 1943

The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.

February 18th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among Chinese Singaporeans.

February 18th, 1878

Competition between two American merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other.

February 18th, 1873

Vasil Levski, a national hero of Bulgaria, was executed in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an independent Bulgarian republic.

February 18th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.

February 18th, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: A British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa landed in Elmina in present-day Ghana.

February 18th, 1766

Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.

February 18th, 1637

Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of forty-four vessels escorted by six men-of-war, destroying or capturing twenty ships.

February 18th, 1268

The Battle of Wesenberg took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.

February 18th, 2019

Seven members of Parliament in the United Kingdom resigned from the Labour Party to form a new political party called The Independent Group.

February 18th, 2014

A series of violent events (pictured) involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.

January 1st, 1970

According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began.

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

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

45

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

48

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

56

Molly Ringwald

American actress, singer, dancer, and author (1968-)

*February 18th, 1968, Roseville

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

42

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

39

Anton Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1985)

*February 18th, 1985, Peckham

57

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

59

Dr. Dre

American rapper, record producer, and businessman

*February 18th, 1965, Compton

42

Courtney Act

Australian drag queen

*February 18th, 1982, Brisbane

65

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

49

Gary Neville

English association football player and manager (born 1975)

*February 18th, 1975, Bury

77

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

91

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

34

Park Shin-hye

South Korean actress and singer (born 1990)

*February 18th, 1990, Gwangju

82

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*February 18th, 1745, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

86

Miloš Forman

Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018)

*February 18th, 1932, Čáslav †April 13th, 2018, Danbury

57

Lorena Herrera

Mexican actress, singer and model

*February 18th, 1967, Mazatlán

61

Manfred Wolter

German writer

*February 18th, 1938, Potsdam †October 14th, 1999, Woltersdorf

60

Matt Dillon

American actor

*February 18th, 1964, New Rochelle

33

Jade Hassouné

Lebanese-Canadian actor

*February 18th, 1991, Lebanon

30

J-Hope

South Korean rapper, dancer, singer, songwriter, and record producer

*February 18th, 1994, Gwangju

67

Marita Koch

East German sprint track and field athlete

*February 18th, 1957, Wismar

48

Chanda Rubin

American tennis player

*February 18th, 1976, Lafayette

71

Francesco Redi

Italian entomologist and poet

*February 18th, 1626, Arezzo †March 1st, 1697, Pisa

44

Regina Spektor

American musician

*February 18th, 1980, Moscow

78

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

*February 18th, 1838, Brno-Chrlice †February 19th, 1916, Vaterstetten

87

Jack Palance

American actor (1919–2006)

*February 18th, 1919, Lattimer †November 10th, 2006, Montecito

74

Cybill Shepherd

American actress

*February 18th, 1950, Memphis

51

Claude Makelélé

French association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1973, Kinshasa

76

Sinéad Cusack

Irish stage, television and film actress

*February 18th, 1948, Dalkey

40

Idriss Carlos Kameni

Cameroonian footballer

*February 18th, 1984, Douala

64

Greta Scacchi

Italian-Australian actress

*February 18th, 1960, Milan

36

Maiara Walsh

American actress and singer

*February 18th, 1988, Seattle

68

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgian businessman and ex-Prime minister

*February 18th, 1956, Chorvila

42

Mary Ure

British stage and film actress (1933-1975)

*February 18th, 1933, Glasgow †April 3rd, 1975, London

33

Malese Jow

American actress, singer, songwriter and model

*February 18th, 1991, Tulsa

98

Louis Jung

French politician (1917-2015)

*February 18th, 1917, Zollingen †October 22nd, 2015, Strasbourg

63

Armin Laschet

Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia

*February 18th, 1961, Burtscheid

90

Marcel Barbeau

Canadian artist (1925-2016)

*February 18th, 1925, Montreal †January 2nd, 2016, Montreal

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