Did you know that February 18, 1948 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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Did you know that people born on February 18
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 251 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 78 years old. There have been 28239 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 9413 days, which is equivalent to 25.79 years. You spent 33.49% of your life sleeping!
Year | Day | Your Age |
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2026 | Wednesday | 78 Years Old |
2027 | Thursday | 79 Years Old |
2028 | Friday | 80 Years Old |
2029 | Sunday | 81 Years Old |
2030 | Monday | 82 Years Old |
2031 | Tuesday | 83 Years Old |
2032 | Wednesday | 84 Years Old |
2033 | Friday | 85 Years Old |
2034 | Saturday | 86 Years Old |
2035 | Sunday | 87 Years Old |
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on February 18
The gemstone for people born on February 18, 1948 is amethyst. Its color is so deep that early legends associated this stone with Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. People believed that wearing amethyst would prevent drunkenness. Others thought amethyst would keep the wearer clear-headed and sharp-witted during battle and business.
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on February 18
Year | Name |
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1927 | Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2005) |
1929 | André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1968) |
1929 | Len Deighton, English historian and author |
1931 | Johnny Hart, American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id (d. 2007) |
1931 | Toni Morrison, American novelist and editor, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019). |
1932 | Miloš Forman, Czech-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2018) |
1933 | Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (d. 2009) |
1933 | Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (d. 1975) |
1933 | Yoko Ono, Japanese-American multimedia artist and musician |
1934 | Audre Lorde, American writer and activist (d. 1992) |
Did you know that on February 18
Year | Name |
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1455 | Fra Angelico, Italian priest and painter (b. 1395) |
1478 | George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, English nobleman (b. 1449) |
1502 | Hedwig Jagiellon, duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457) |
1535 | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486) |
1546 | Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483) |
1564 | Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475) |
1654 | Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594) |
1658 | John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, English courtier (b. c. 1591) |
1683 | Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620) |
1695 | William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on February 18
Year | Event |
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1991 | The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London. |
2001 | FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. |
2001 | Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes. |
2003 | 192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea. |
2004 | Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes. |
2010 | WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning. |
2013 | Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium. |
2014 | At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2018 | 66 people die when Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Dena sub-range in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. |
2021 | Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully. |
In 1948, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 88,589 baby boys were named James in 1948. The rest were named Robert, John, William and David. While the popular baby girl name in 1948 was Linda. There were 96,212 baby girls named Linda that year. While the rest were named Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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