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What happend on 18. October in History
In our data base we found 321 events happened on 18. October:
• 320: Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest). [category: Events]
• 325: Emperor Ming of Jin (b. 299) [category: Deaths]
• 1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. [category: Events]
• 1016: The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Assandun. [category: Events]
• 1035: Sancho III of Navarre (b. 992) [category: Deaths]
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• 1081: The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium. [category: Events]
• 1101: Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (b. 1053) [category: Deaths]
• 1127: Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) [category: Births]
• 1141: Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108) [category: Deaths]
• 1210: Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV. [category: Events]
• 1356: Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland. [category: Events]
• 1382: James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician (b. 1331) [category: Deaths]
• 1386: Opening of the University of Heidelberg. [category: Events]
• 1405: Pope Pius II (d. 1464) [category: Births]
• 1417: Pope Gregory XII (b. 1326) [category: Deaths]
• 1480: Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (b. 1440) [category: Deaths]
• 1503: Pope Pius III (b. 1439) [category: Deaths]
• 1517: Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese priest (d. 1570) [category: Births]
• 1540: Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa. [category: Events]
• 1541: Margaret Tudor, English wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489) [category: Deaths]
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• 1545: John Taverner, English composer and organist (b. 1490) [category: Deaths]
• 1547: Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and humanist (d. 1606) [category: Births]
• 1558: Mary of Hungary (b. 1505) [category: Deaths]
• 1564: Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520) [category: Deaths]
• 1569: Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625) [category: Births]
• 1570: Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese priest (b. 1517) [category: Deaths]
• 1595: Edward Winslow, English politician (d. 1655) [category: Births]
• 1599: Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people. [category: Events]
• 1604: Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: Luca Giordano, Italian painter (d. 1705) [category: Births]
• 1646: Isaac Jogues, French missionary and priest (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
• 1648: Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization. [category: Events]
• 1653: Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713) [category: Births]
• 1662: Matthew Henry, English minister (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1663: Prince Eugene of Savoy (d. 1736) [category: Births]
• 1667: Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
• 1668: John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694) [category: Births]
• 1678: Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (b. 1593) [category: Deaths]
• 1679: Ann Putnam, Jr., American witness in the Salem witch trials (d. 1716) [category: Births]
• 1701: Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1706: Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1739: António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705) [category: Deaths]
• 1741: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1744: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1748: Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession. [category: Events]
• 1770: John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English soldier (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery. [category: Events]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy. [category: Events]
• 1777: Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1779: American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted. [category: Events]
• 1785: Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria [category: Events]
• 1804: Mongkut, Thai king (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1817: Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French composer (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Frederick III, German Emperor (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1836: Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1851: Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London. [category: Events]
• 1854: Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1859: Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1860: The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty. [category: Events]
• 1862: Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1865: Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1865: Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1865: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1867: United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day. [category: Events]
• 1868: Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1870: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japanese scholar (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1871: Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1873: Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1882: Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1884: Hugo Goetz, American swimmer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1886: Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Antonio Meucci, Italian-American inventor (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: William W. Chapman, American politician (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1893: Charles Gounod, French composer (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1894: Tibor Déry, Hungarian author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1897: Isabel Briggs Myers, American author and theorist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1898: Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1898: United States takes possession of Puerto Rico. [category: Events]
• 1902: Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1902: Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1903: Lina Radke, German runner (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1904: A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1904: Haim Shirman, Russian-Israeli academic (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1905: Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1905: Jan Gies, Dutch activist, husband of Miep Gies (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1906: James Brooks, American painter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1909: Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1911: Alfred Binet, French psychologist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as Serbia joins the war. [category: Events]
• 1914: Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1914: The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany. [category: Events]
• 1915: Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1918: Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1918: Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece [category: Births]
• 1918: Molly Geertsema, Dutch politician (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1919: Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1919: Camilla Williams, American soprano (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Pierre Trudeau, Canadian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1919: Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1920: Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR. [category: Events]
• 1922: The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service. [category: Events]
• 1923: Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler [category: Births]
• 1925: Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania {d. 2011} [category: Births]
• 1926: Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1926: Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1927: George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1928: Keith Jackson, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1929: Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Kees Fens, Dutch critic (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1929: Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua [category: Births]
• 1929: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law. [category: Events]
• 1930: Enrique Oltuski, Cuban politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1931: Chris Albertson, American journalist and historian [category: Births]
• 1931: Ien Dales, Dutch politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1931: Thomas Edison, American inventor, invented the light bulb (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Forrest Gregg, American football player [category: Births]
• 1934: Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1934: Chuck Swindoll, American pastor, author, and educator [category: Births]
• 1934: Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1935: Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1938: Dawn Wells, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Flavio Cotti, Swiss jurist [category: Births]
• 1939: Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1939: Mike Ditka, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1939: Ted Boy Marino, Italian-Brazilian wrestler and actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Cynthia Weil, American songwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Soviet Union begins liberation of Czechoslovakia. [category: Events]
• 1945: Chris Shays, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Huell Howser, American television host (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1945: Yıldo, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1945: A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against then president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day. [category: Events]
• 1945: Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón. [category: Events]
• 1945: The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. [category: Events]
• 1946: Frank Beamer, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Howard Shore, Canadian composer [category: Births]
• 1946: James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1947: Job Cohen, Dutch politician, Mayor of Amsterdam [category: Births]
• 1947: Joe Morton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1947: Paul Chuckle, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher [category: Births]
• 1948: Ntozake Shange, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon) [category: Births]
• 1949: George Hendrick, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1949: Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel) [category: Births]
• 1950: Om Puri, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Sheila White, English actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1951: Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Pam Dawber, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Terry McMillan, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Bao Ninh, Vietnamese author [category: Births]
• 1952: Chuck Lorre, American scriptwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1952: Jerry Royster, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1953: Loes Luca, Dutch actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1954: Arliss Howard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Liz Burch, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio. [category: Events]
• 1955: David Twohy, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian television host (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1955: Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1955: Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter (Pylon and Supercluster) [category: Births]
• 1956: Craig Bartlett, American animator [category: Births]
• 1956: Jim Talent, American politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Martina Navrátilová, Czech-American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1957: Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Les Rita Mitsouko) [category: Births]
• 1957: Jon Lindstrom, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Corinne Bohrer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: Stacy Allison, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1958: Thomas Hearns, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1959: Chris Russo, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1959: John Nord, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1959: Kirby Chambliss, American pilot [category: Births]
• 1959: Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1959: Boughera El Ouafi, French runner (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Erin Moran, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and director [category: Births]
• 1961: Rick Moody, American author [category: Births]
• 1961: Wynton Marsalis, American trumpet player, composer, and educator [category: Births]
• 1961: Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Min Ko Naing, Burmese activist [category: Births]
• 1962: Vincent Spano, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Charles Stross, English author [category: Births]
• 1964: Dan Lilker, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death, Nuclear Assault, Exit-13, and Brutal Truth) [category: Births]
• 1964: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run. [category: Events]
• 1965: Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1965: Zakir Naik, Indian surgeon [category: Births]
• 1965: Henry Travers, English actor (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Larry Thorne, American soldier (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Angela Visser, Dutch model and actress, Miss Universe 1989 [category: Births]
• 1966: Dave Price, American journalist and weatherman [category: Births]
• 1966: Slavi Trifonov, Bulgarian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1966: Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1967: The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. [category: Events]
• 1968: Michael Stich, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1968: The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games. [category: Events]
• 1969: Nelson Vivas, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Volker Neumüller, German talent manager [category: Births]
• 1970: Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: José Padilla, American terrorist [category: Births]
• 1970: Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Brian Scolaro, American comedian, actor, and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Leo Strauss, German-American philosopher (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (The Cardigans) [category: Births]
• 1974: Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Baby Bash, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1975: Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1977: Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Andreas Baader, German left-wing militant leader (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Gudrun Ensslin, German left-wing militant leader (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Jan-Carl Raspe, German left-wing militant (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Red Army Faction Stammheim Prison suicides [category: Deaths]
• 1977: German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. [category: Events]
• 1978: Jaime Koeppe, Canadian fitness expert [category: Births]
• 1978: Jake Farrow, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Jyothika, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Mike Tindall, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Priyanka Trivedi, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Wesley Jonathan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: 'Ana Po'uhila, Tongan shot putter [category: Births]
• 1979: Jaroslav Drobný, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ne-Yo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Josh Gracin, American singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Greg Warren, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1982: Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 35th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Dwain Esper, American director (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Dante Bonfim Costa Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist [category: Births]
• 1984: Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model [category: Births]
• 1984: Lindsey Vonn, American skier [category: Births]
• 1984: Robert Harting, German discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1984: Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1986: Wilma Elles, German actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model [category: Births]
• 1987: Zac Efron, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Joy Lauren, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Bristol Palin, American author [category: Births]
• 1990: Carly Schroeder, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Tyler Posey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1998: Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress [category: Births]
• 2000: Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer and actor (Roman and the Four Steps) (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish journalist, author, and critic (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Preston Smith, American politician, 40th Governor of Texas (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia. [category: Events]
• 2004: Veerappan, Indian criminal and murderer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption. [category: Events]
• 2005: Bill King, American sportscaster (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: John Hollis, English actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Johnny Haynes, English footballer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Alan Coren, English journalist and author (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured. [category: Events]
• 2008: Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Marion Brown, American saxophonist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David S. Ware, American saxophonist (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: E. K. Fretwell, American academic (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Marvin Lambert, American wrestler (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mihály Lukács, Hungarian politician (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model and actress (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Thomas Madigage, South African footballer and coach (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• _: Alaska Day (Alaska) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Justus of Beauvais [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Luke the Evangelist [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Necktie Day (Croatia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Persons Day (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]