A Monday
Born on October 18, 1948?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Monday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on October 18, 1948
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Chris de Burgh
October 15 · Argentine - British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist
Lindsay Wilson
October 15 · New Zealand rower
Hema Malini
October 16 · Indian actress, dancer, and politician
Margot Kidder
October 17 · Canadian and American actress and activist (1948–2018)
Melih Gökçek
October 20 · former Mayor of Ankara
Albert Frick
October 21 · politician from Liechtenstein
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 18, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on October 18, 1948 is a Libra. Someone born on October 18, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,507 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Eugene of Savoy
1663 · prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire

Henri Bergson
1859 · French philosopher

Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1905 · First President of Ivory Coast, from to

Pierre Trudeau
1919 · Prime Minister of Canada from to and to

Chuck Berry
1926 · American musician

Martina Navratilova
1956 · Czech-American tennis player
Gift ideas for someone born in 1948
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 79
- “Born in 1948” gifts
- Wine from 1948
- Books about 1948
- A newspaper from 1948
- Coin set from 1948
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Questions about October 18, 1948
- What day of the week was October 18, 1948?
- October 18, 1948 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 18, 1948?
- Someone born on October 18, 1948 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 18, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 18, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on October 18, 1948?
- Someone born on October 18, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,507 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1948?
- People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 18, 1948?
- On October 18, 1948 the moon was a Full Moon.
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