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August 18, 1943

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Notable Births

Martin Mull

1943Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (died 2024)[†]

Martin Eugene Mull was an American actor, musician, and painter. He became known on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night, and America 2 Night. His other notable roles included Colonel Mustard in the 1985 film Clue, Leon Carp on Roseanne, Willard Kraft on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom, and Gene Parmesan on Arrested Development. He had a recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Russell, a drug-using, humorous pharmacist.

Gianni Rivera

1943Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician[†]

Giovanni "Gianni" Rivera is an Italian politician and former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Carl Wayne

1943Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (died 2004)[†]

Colin David Tooley, better known as Carl Wayne, was an English singer and actor. He is best remembered as the lead singer of The Move, a group that he co-founded in 1965. He sings lead on several of the band's hits, such as "Curly", "Flowers in the Rain", "I Can Hear the Grass Grow", and "Night of Fear".

Notable Deaths

Aliagha Shikhlinski

1943Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (born 1865)[†]

Ali Agha Ismail Agha oghlu Shikhlinski ; 3 March [O.S. 15 March] 1863 – 18 August 1943) was an Azerbaijani lieutenant-general of the Russian imperial army, Deputy Minister of Defense and General of the Artillery of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and a Soviet military officer.