On this day: December 18
Born on this day
Willem van de Velde the YoungerDecember 18, 1633 – April 6, 1707 · Art
Gottfried KirchDecember 18, 1639 – July 25, 1710 · Science
Christopher PolhemDecember 18, 1661 – August 30, 1751 · Technology
Bartolomeu de GusmãoDecember 18, 1685 – November 19, 1724 · Technology
Charles WesleyDecember 18, 1707 – March 29, 1788 · Culture
Nikolaus I, Prince EsterházyDecember 18, 1714 – September 28, 1790 · Music
Marie-Guillemine BenoistDecember 18, 1768 – October 8, 1826 · Art
Théodule-Armand RibotDecember 18, 1839 – December 9, 1916 · Culture
Lujo BrentanoDecember 18, 1844 – September 9, 1931 · Culture
Joseph John ThomsonDecember 18, 1856 – August 30, 1940 · Science
Edward MacDowellDecember 18, 1860 – January 23, 1908 · Music
Paul KleeDecember 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940 · Art
Charles Galton DarwinDecember 18, 1887 – December 31, 1962 · Science
Robert MosesDecember 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981 · Culture
Edwin Howard ArmstrongDecember 18, 1890 – January 31, 1954 · Technology
Fletcher HendersonDecember 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952 · Music
Peter Wessel ZapffeDecember 18, 1899 – October 12, 1990 · Culture
George StevensDecember 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975 · Film
Jules DassinDecember 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008 · Film
Willy BrandtDecember 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992 · Politics
Ossie DavisDecember 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005 · Film
Gunnel LindblomDecember 18, 1931 – January 24, 2021 · Film
Allen J. BardDecember 18, 1933 – February 11, 2024 · Science
Boris VolynovDecember 18, 1934 – present · Space
Chas ChandlerDecember 18, 1938 – July 17, 1996 · Music
Harold E. VarmusDecember 18, 1939 – present · Science
Keith RichardsDecember 18, 1943 – present · Music
Steven SpielbergDecember 18, 1946 – present · Film
Kees Schouhamer ImminkDecember 18, 1946 – present · Technology
Gillian ArmstrongDecember 18, 1950 – present · Film
Alvin Eliot RothDecember 18, 1951 – present · Politics
Radia PerlmanDecember 18, 1951 – present · Science
Andy ThomasDecember 18, 1951 – present · Space
Krystyna JandaDecember 18, 1952 – present · Film
David ChipperfieldDecember 18, 1953 – present · Culture
Peter SarnakDecember 18, 1953 – present · Science
Uli Jon RothDecember 18, 1954 – present · Music- Schelte J. BusDecember 18, 1956 – present · Science
Bent HamerDecember 18, 1956 – present · Film
Reinhold EwaldDecember 18, 1956 – present · Space
Sion SonoDecember 18, 1961 – present · Music
Brad PittDecember 18, 1963 – present · Film
Mille PetrozzaDecember 18, 1966 – present · Music
Rachel GriffithsDecember 18, 1968 – present · Film
Alejandro SanzDecember 18, 1968 – present · Music
DMXDecember 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021 · Music
Claudia GeriniDecember 18, 1971 – present · Film
Kari ByronDecember 18, 1974 – present · Art
SiaDecember 18, 1975 – present · Film
AxwellDecember 18, 1977 – present · Music
Katie HolmesDecember 18, 1978 – present · Film
Christina AguileraDecember 18, 1980 – present · Film
Richa ChadhaDecember 18, 1986 – present · Film
Bridgit MendlerDecember 18, 1992 – present · Music
Billie EilishDecember 18, 2001 – present · Music
Founding of Imperial Chemical IndustriesDecember 18, 1926 · Companies
Release of A Day at the RacesDecember 18, 1976 · Music
Arab SpringDecember 18, 2010 – December 2012 · Wars & Conflicts
2023 Jishishan earthquakeDecember 18, 2023 · Geography