In context
- When
- Thursday, April 18 197452 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1970s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Edgar Wright
Who they were
Edgar Wright, English filmmaker
Why this date
Edgar Wright appears on our April 18 calendar for 1974 as a birth entry.
April 18 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1974Edgar Wright
- 1988John Demjanjuk
- 1996Qana massacre
- 1996Operation Grapes of Wrath
- 2007Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster
- 2018Protests against Daniel Ortega
- 2018King of Eswatini
- 2019Mueller report
- 2019United States Department of Justice
- 2023Fox News
- 20262026 Kyiv shooting
Also in 1974
- September 15Air Vietnam Flight 706Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- September 17BangladeshBangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
- August 14Turkish invasion of CyprusTurkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus.
- June 26Universal Product CodeThe Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
- May 4ManasluAn all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 me…
- June 1Henry HeimlichIn an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the Heimlich m…
- November 21Birmingham pub bombingsBombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later…
- November 16Arecibo messageThe Arecibo message is broadcast from Puerto Rico.
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“Edgar Wright”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/edgar-wright-1974-april-18, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about this entry
When did Edgar Wright happen?
April 18 1974 — 52 years ago, on a Thursday.
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